Periphrastic
Crossword Clue and Answers
Today we have 3 crossword solutions for Periphrastic.
We have deemed Periphrastic as a RARE crossword clue as we have not seen it in many (if any) crossword publications.
The most recent answer we found for this clue is "AMBAGIOUS".
Crossword Answers
9 letters
AMBAGIOUS
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
14 letters
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
15 letters
CIRCUMLOCUTIOUS
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)