Definitions For Periphrasis

noun

  • A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

Is Periphrasis a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
19

The word Periphrasis is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Periphrasis in a Sentence

  • Congressional hearings into the Watergate scandal were marked by an orgy of periphrasis, the expression “at this point in time” being a memorable example

Synonyms for Periphrasis

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