PARAPHRASTIC


Meaning of PARAPHRASTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌper-ə-ˈfras-tik, ˌpa-rə- ]

adjective

Etymology: French paraphrastique, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein

Date: circa 1623

: having the nature of or being a paraphrase

• para·phras·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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