periphrastic

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; -T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
- "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."

Adj

Expressed in more words than are necessary.
Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
Characterized by periphrasis.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós), from περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).

Synonyms

ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory

Scrabble Score: 21

periphrastic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
periphrastic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
periphrastic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

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