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

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

In aesthetic translations, such as those which are word for word or interlinear, or paraphrastic translations, are to be looked upon as simple commentaries on the original.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

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

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 same kind of paraphrastic dilution runs through the volume; nor is Mr. Muirhead wholly to blame.

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew