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