11 Letter Words for Periphrasis
periphrasis
10 Letter Words for Periphrasis
periphasis
9 Letter Words for Periphrasis
papishers, periapsis, sapphires
8 Letter Words for Periphrasis
airships, apprises, arrishes, aspirers, harpress, papisher, papishes, parishes, phrasers, phrasier, prairies, praisers, preships, prissier, rippiers, sapphire, sharpers, sharpies, shippers, sireship
7 Letter Words for Periphrasis
airship, aphesis, appress, apprise, arishes, arrises, aspirer, aspires, hairier, happier, happies, harpers, harpier, harpies, harries, hippier, hippies, hissier, paresis, parises, parisis, parries, parsers, paspies, perhaps, phasers, phraser, phrases, prairie, praiser, praises, prehaps, preship, prisers, raisers, rapiers, rappers, rashers, raspers, raspier, raspish, repairs, reships, rippers, rippier, ripraps, sappers, sappier, sephira, seraphs, serapis, seriphs, shapers, shapier, sharers, sharper, sharpie, sherias, sherpas, sherris, shipper, shirras, sierras, sippers, sirrahs, sirship, sparers, sparser, sphaers, sphears, spireas, spirier
6 Letter Words for Periphrasis
airers, airier, airish, ariser, arises, arrish, ashier, aspers, aspire, aspish, hairse, happer, harier, harper, harris, hepars, hersir, hipper, hippie, hirers, hisser, irises, pairer, paires, papers, papess, papier, papish, parers, paries, parish, parser, parses, pashes, passer, passir, pepsis, perais, perish, persia, persis, phares, phaser, phases, phasis, phrase, pieris, pipers, pipier, pirais, pirrie, pishes, pisser, praise, praiss, prases, priapi, priers, priser, raiser, raises, rapers, raphes, raphis, rapier, rapper, rarish, rasers, rasher, rashes, rasper, raspis, rearii, rehair, repair, repass, reship, rhapis, rhesis, ripers, ripier, ripper, riprap, risers, rishis, risper, risser, sairer, saphie, sapper, sepias, serais, seraph, seriph, serrai, serras, shaper, shapes, sharer, shares, sharps, shears, sheria, sherpa, shiers, shires, shirra, shirrs, shrape, sierra, sipers, sipper, sirihs, sirpea, sirrah, sirras, spaers, spahis, sparer, spares, sparre, sparse, spears, speirs, sphaer, sphear, spiers, spirae, spirea, spires, sprier
5 Letter Words for Periphrasis
aesir, airer, apers, aphis, apish, apres, apses, apsis, aries, arise, arish, arrie, arris, arsis, asher, ashes, ashir, asper, aspis, earsh, ephas, epris, haire, hairs, hares, harps, harre, hasps, heaps, hears, heirs, hepar, hesps, hiera, hiper, hippi, hirer, hires, hirse, hisis, irish, ishes, issei, paire, pairs, paise, paper, papes, parer, pares, paris, parps, parrs, parse, parsi, pases, pasis, passe, pears, pepsi, perai, peris, perps, pesah, phare, phase, phies, piers, pipas, piper, pipes, pipis, pipra, pirai, prase, preps, presa, press, prier, pries, priss, raise, raper, rapes, raphe, rappe, rares, raser, rasps, rasse, reais, reaps, rears, repas, repps, rheas, rhies, riper, ripes, ripps, riser, rises, rishi, risps, rissa, sairs, sapir, sarip, saris, sears, seirs, sepia, seppa, serai, serra, serrs, shape, shaps, share, sharp, shear, sheas, shiai, shier, shies, ships, shire, shirr, shirs, shrap, shrip, shris, siper, sipes, sires, sirih, siris, sirra, spaer, spaes, spahi, spair, spare, spars, spear, speir, spier, spies, spira, spire, spise
4 Letter Words for Periphrasis
aire, airs, aper, apes, apii, apis, apps, apse, ares, aris, arri, asps, asse, assi, ears, eira, epha, eras, eria, eris, errs, ersh, haes, hair, haps, hare, harp, harr, hasp, heap, hear, heii, heir, heps, hera, herp, herr, hers, hesp, hies, hipe, hips, hire, hiss, iare, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, isis, pahi, pahs, paip, pair, pais, pape, paps, pare, pari, parp, parr, pars, pase, pash, pasi, pass, peai, pear, peas, pehs, peps, perh, peri, perp, pers, pesa, pess, phar, phis, pias, pier, pies, pipa, pipe, pipi, pips, pirr, pirs, pisa, pise, pish, piss, prep, pres, prie, psha, psia, psis, rahs, rais, rape, raps, rare, rash, rasp, reap, rear, rehs, repp, repr, reps, resp, rhea, rias, rier, ries, ripa, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, saip, sair, sais, saps, sare, sari, sars, sash, seah, sear, seas, seir, seis, seps, serr, sers, shap, shea, sher, shes, shia, ship, shir, shri, sier, sipe, sips, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sish, sisi, spae, spar, spas, spie, sris
3 Letter Words for Periphrasis
aer, aes, ahi, ahs, air, ais, ape, aph, app, apr, are, arr, ars, ase, ash, asp, ass, ear, eas, ehs, eir, epa, epi, era, err, ers, esp, esr, ess, hae, hap, has, hei, hep, her, hes, hia, hie, hip, hir, his, hrs, ihi, ihp, ihs, iph, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, ish, pah, pap, par, pas, pea, peh, pep, per, pes, phi, phr, pia, pie, pip, pir, pis, ppa, pph, ppi, ppr, pps, pre, prp, prs, psi, rah, rai, rap, ras, rea, reh, rei, rep, res, rha, rhe, ria, rie, rip, rps, sah, sai, sap, sar, sea, sei, sep, ser, sha, she, shi, shp, shr, sie, sip, sir, sis, spa, spp, sps, sri, sse, ssh, ssp
Definitions for Periphrasis
[1] the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
[2] an expression phrased in such fashion.
[3] a roundabout way of expressing something; circumlocution
[4] an expression of this kind
Words related to Periphrasis
attrition, redundancy, verbosity, circumlocution, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, floridity, tautology, expansiveness, profusion, overabundance, superabundance, superfluity, verboseness, verbiage, supererogation, diffusion, garrulity, diffuseness
Words nearby Periphrasis
peripheral vision, peripheralism, peripheric, periphery, periphlebitis, periphrasis, periphrastic, periphyton, periplasm, periporitis, periproct
Origin of Periphrasis
1525–35; < Latin < Greek perÃphrasis. See peri-, phrase, -sis
Word origin for Periphrasis
C16: via Latin from Greek, from peri- + phrazein to declare
Synonyms for Periphrasis
circumlocution, expansiveness, floridity, long-windedness, loquacity, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, tautology, verbosity, periphrase