The word is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —

• periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary.
• periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
• periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.

— English word, defined in French —

• periphrastic adj. (Grammaire) Périphrastique.

13 English words from 3 English definitions

are Characterized circumlocutory entity Expressed Grammar Indirect more naming necessary periphrasis than words

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

Grammaire Périphrastique

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

periphrastical periphrastically

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unperiphrastic nonperiphrastic

32 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ast Ast AST -ast as't Asti -astic Eri. HRA HRAs per PER per- per. Per. peri Peri peri- phr ras Ras RAs RAS RAST rip Rip RIP STI S.T.I. tic TIC -tic

27 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cit cit. cits cits. ire IrE IRE Ire. its ITS 'its it's its' itsa it'sa PIR PIREP rep Rep REP Rep. Sar SAR Sar. TSA T(S/A) tsar

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

periphrasic

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

periphractic

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

periphrasic

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