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 natural inference from the exactness of this coincidence with the language of Matthew as compared with Luke, is not neutralised by the paraphrastic addition from Matt. vi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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