periphrasis

Letters that make periphrasis

s, a, e, p, h, r, i are letters that make 'periphrasis'

Words within periphrasis

ER, RAS, IP, pe, si, rip, pH, RI, SI, sis, as, RA, AS, Ra, peri, As, Er, Si, hr are words within 'periphrasis'


1 possible definitions for 'periphrasis'

Periphrasis as "a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things"

Under this definition, periphrasis is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

circumlocution, ambage have the same meaning as 'periphrasis'

periphrasis as a type

'periphrasis' can be a type of verboseness, verbosity.

Derivatives of periphrasis

circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious are derivatives of 'periphrasis'.



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