periphrastic
/ˌperɪˈfræstɪk/adjective
1- (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory（说话, 写作）迂回曲折的, 转弯抹角的：
the periphrastic nature of legal syntax.
法律句子结构迂回曲折的本质。
1.1
- Grammar (of a case or tense) formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as did go and of the people rather than went and the people's)【语法】（格, 时态）迂说法的。
派生词
periphrastically
adverb词源
early 19th cent.: from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein 'declare in a roundabout way'.