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Showing words for PERIPHRASIS using the English dictionary

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 períphrasis. 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