paraphrastic

[ par-uh-fras-tik ]

adjective

1. having the nature of a paraphrase.

Other Words From

• para·phrasti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of paraphrastic¹

1615–25; < Medieval Latin paraphrasticus < Greek paraphrastikós. See paraphrast, -ic

Example Sentences

Grundtvigs translation4 had been so paraphrastic as often to obscure the sense, and always the spirit, of the original.

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Heyne is never paraphrastic—he never adds anything foreign to the poem.

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This mental capacity is most likely to be acquired by the regular and persevering use of the paraphrastic exercise.

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The remaining versions are paraphrastic and less accurate, and are guilty of additions and omissions.

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I quote a result which Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman said was too paraphrastic.

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