paraphrastic

American  

[par-uh-fras-tik] / ˌpær əˈfræs tɪk /

adjective

1. having the nature of a paraphrase.

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Other Word Forms

• paraphrastically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of paraphrastic

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

Example Sentences

Many of the quotations from the Old Testament in the New are highly paraphrastic.

From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William

Bartholomew also supplied the words of "Hear my Prayer," "which," he says, "its dear and lamented author composed for my paraphrastic version of the 55th Psalm."

From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George

I have omitted four Odes altogether, one in each Book, and some stanzas of a fifth; and in some other instances I have been studiously paraphrastic.

From The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace by Conington, John

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

From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Egan, Maurice Francis

It is accomplished by a persevering exercise of the principle which has been illustrated above, and which is exemplified in the paraphrastic exercise.

From A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by Gall, James