paraphrastic

para·phras·tic

adj \ˌper-ə-ˈfras-tik, ˌpa-rə-\

Definition of PARAPHRASTIC

: having the nature of or being a paraphrase

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

Origin of PARAPHRASTIC

French paraphrastique, from Greek paraphrastikos, from paraphrazein

First Known Use: circa 1623

Rhymes with PARAPHRASTIC

anelastic, chiliastic, chloroplastic, holophrastic, Hudibrastic, inelastic, metaplastic, onomastic, orgiastic, pederastic, periphrastic, pleonastic, pyroclastic, superplastic, thermoplastic