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

The, in any case, paraphrastic quotation or quotations which find a parallel in Matt. vii.

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

The extract illustrates the paraphrastic nature of parts of the translation.

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster

To this opinion we shall the rather incline, if we attend to another paraphrastic interpretation.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

I must remind him that, while the majority of these translations aim at literal exactness and close imitation of the originals in rhyme and structure, others are more paraphrastic.

From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington

We will give an example of this, and at the same time of his paraphrastic method of quotation:— Barnabas c. ix.

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