periphrastic

Letters that make periphrastic

s, a, e, p, c, h, r, t, i are letters that make 'periphrastic'

Words within periphrastic

ER, RAS, IP, pe, ti, rip, IC, pH, RI, ic, as, RA, AS, Ra, peri, tic, As, Er, Ti, hr are words within 'periphrastic'


1 possible definitions for 'periphrastic'

Periphrastic as "roundabout and unnecessarily wordy, (`ambagious' is archaic)"

Under this definition, periphrastic is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

circumlocutious, circumlocutory, ambagious have the same meaning as 'periphrastic'

Derivatives of periphrastic

circumlocution, indirect expression, periphrasis, ambage are derivatives of 'periphrastic'.

Similar to periphrastic

indirect is similar to periphrastic.

Example of periphrastic used within this context

"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression", "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot



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