periphrastic meaning in Tamil
புறஞ்சார்ந்த
/ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stɪk/US/ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk/
periphrastic in Tamil: புறஞ்சார்ந்த. In English, periphrastic means expressed in more words than are necessary.
Tamil words for periphrastic
- புறஞ்சார்ந்த
English meaning of periphrastic
- adjective Expressed in more words than are necessary.
- adjective Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
- adjective Characterized by periphrasis.
periphrastic in a sentence
- He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
- She was simply asked to express how she felt, but her response was periphrastic.
- “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.
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Questions about periphrastic in Tamil
- What is the meaning of periphrastic in Tamil?
- Periphrastic in Tamil is புறஞ்சார்ந்த.
- periphrastic என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Periphrastic: புறஞ்சார்ந்த.
- What does periphrastic mean in English?
- Periphrastic means expressed in more words than are necessary.
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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: periphrastic (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: periphrastic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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