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paraphrastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-phras-tic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a paraphrase.

adj

Of a Latin conjugation: composed of the verb sum with participial forms of the verbs conjugated (as in e.g. amaturus sum).

Inflected Forms

more paraphrastic (comparative) most paraphrastic (superlative) paraphrasic (alternative)

Derived Forms

paraphrastically

Frequently Paired Words

periphrastic

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

What does paraphrastic mean?
Pertaining to a paraphrase.

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