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What is "metaphrastic"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metaphrastic

Metaphrastic \Met`a*phras"tic\, Metaphrastical \Met`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.] Close, or literal.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
metaphrastic

1778, from Greek metaphrastikos "paraphrastic," from metaphrasis "paraphrase," from metaphrazein "to paraphrase, translate," from meta- (see meta-) + phrazein "to show, tell" (see phrase (n.)). Related: metaphrastically (1570s).

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metaphrastic

a. of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase