Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
PERIPHRASTIC
circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious
(adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; âhad a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expressionâ; âA periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.â-T.S.Eliot; (âambagiousâ is archaic)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
periphrastic (comparative more periphrastic, superlative most periphrastic)
Expressed in more words than are necessary.
Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
(grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
Source: Wiktionary
Per`i*phras"tic, Per`i*phras"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. périphrastique.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); âcommunications is his major field of studyâ
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