Metaphrast Definition

mĕtə-frăst
noun
A person who puts a piece of writing into another literary form, as prose into verse.
Webster's New World

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Noun

Singular:
metaphrast
Plural:
metaphrasts

Origin of Metaphrast

  • Medieval Greek metaphrastēs from Greek metaphrazein to translate metaphrase

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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