periphrastic
ADJECTIVE
/,pɛrə'fræstɪk/
12 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
periphrastic is a valid 12-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3E1R1I1P3H4R1A1S1T1I1C3
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does periphrastic mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
“A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.”
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