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metaphrast
[ met-uh-frast ]
/ ˈmɛt əˌfræst /
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noun
a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
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Origin of metaphrast
OTHER WORDS FROM metaphrast
met·a·phras·tic, met·a·phras·ti·cal, adjectivemet·a·phras·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby metaphrast
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British Dictionary definitions for metaphrast
metaphrast
/ (ˈmɛtəˌfræst) /
noun
a person who metaphrases, esp one who changes the form of a text, as by rendering verse into prose
Derived forms of metaphrast
metaphrastic or metaphrastical, adjectivemetaphrastically, adverbWord Origin for metaphrast
C17: from Medieval Greek metaphrastēs translator
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