periphrastic

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But it seems to this reader, Rebecca becoming Maud also speaks to the preoccupation of this entire book: the periphrastic construction of identity itself.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

He misrepresents, distorts, bisects sentences and employs periphrastic phrases to make his points.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I won't press the analogy, but I will say that those who are themselves periphrastic should avoid criticising others for being ambaginous."

From The Inventions of the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick

As a substitute for other inflections we prefix auxiliary verbs, and make what are called compound, or periphrastic, forms.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

ASHI-HARA-NO-NAKA-TSU-KUNI=Land in the Middle of the Reed plains, common periphrastic designation of Japan.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia