paraphrast

[ par-uh-frast ]

noun

1. a person who paraphrases.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paraphrast¹

1540–50; < Late Latin paraphrastēs < Greek paraphrastḗs, derivative of paraphrázein to retell in other words, equivalent to para- para- ¹ + phrad- , base of phrázein to tell, declare + -tēs agent noun suffix, with dt > st

Example Sentences

Paraphrast′ic, -al, of the nature of a paraphrase: more clear and ample than the original passage: free, loose, diffuse.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

They could hardly do less on the principles they have adopted, while yet they feel constrained to concede that, though not belonging to the original Gospel, the excluded words do not, on the other hand, read like the invention of a paraphrast.

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In short, FitzGerald was more properly a paraphrast than a translator.

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But Jonathan, he adds, takes on him the liberty of a paraphrast.

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The Chaldee Paraphrast, observing that some especial presence of God is expressed in the words, Gen. iii.

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