Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

periphrasing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pe-riphrasing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of periphrase

Questions

What does periphrasing mean?
present participle and gerund of periphrase

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