periphrastic
adjective
[ ˌpɛrɪˈfrastɪk ]
• (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory.
• "the periphrastic nature of legal syntax"
Similar:
circumlocutory,
circuitous,
roundabout,
indirect,
tautological,
prolix,
verbose,
wordy,
long-winded,
rambling,
wandering,
tortuous,
diffuse,
discursive,
pleonastic,
circumlocutionary,
ambagious,
Origin:
early 19th century: from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein ‘declare in a roundabout way’.
