periphrastic

Meanings

• 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."

Synonyms

• circumlocutious
• circumlocutory
• ambagious

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

periphrastic is a valid Words With Friends word

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