Defn: See Periphrase.
PERIPHRASTIC; PERIPHRASTICAL
Per`i*phras"tic, Per`i*phras"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. périphrastique.]
Defn: Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. Periphrastic conjugation (Gram.), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
PERIPHRASTICALLY
Per`i*phras"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: With circumlocution.
PERIPLAST
Per"i*plast, n. Etym: [Pref. peri- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Same as Periblast.
— Per`i*plas"tic, a. Huxley.
PERIPNEUMONIA; PERIPNEUMONY Per`ip*neu*mo"ni*a, Per`ip*neu"mo*ny, n. Etym: [L. peripneumonia, Gr. péripneumonie. See Peri-, Pneumonia.] (Med.)
Defn: Pneumonia. (Obsoles.)
PERIPNEUMONIC Per`ip*neu*mon"ic, a. Etym: [L. peripneumonicus, Gr. péripneumonique.] (Med.)