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metaphrast
[ met-uh-frast ]
noun
- a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
metaphrast
/ ˈmɛtəˌfræst /
noun
- a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose
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Derived Forms
- ˌmetaˈphrastic, adjective
- ˌmetaˈphrastically, adverb
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Other Words From
- meta·phrastic meta·phrasti·cal adjective
- meta·phrasti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metaphrast1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metaphrast1
C17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator
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