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Synonyms & Antonyms of periphrastic
as in prolix, grandiloquent
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for periphrastic
- circuitous,
- circumlocutory,
- diffuse,
- garrulous,
- logorrheic,
- long-winded,
- pleonastic,
- prolix,
- rambling,
- verbose,
- windy,
- wordy
- bombastic,
- gaseous,
- gassy,
- grandiloquent,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin)
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“Periphrastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/periphrastic. Accessed 17 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of periphrastic was in 1776
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