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metaphrast

metaphrast noun: a person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.

Noun

metaphrast (plural metaphrasts)

  1. A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
    • A metaphrast has re-written Ian McEwan's book Atonement as a poem.

Forms of metaphrast

pluralmetaphrasts

Questions about metaphrast

What does metaphrast mean?
Metaphrast means a person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
What part of speech is metaphrast?
Metaphrast is a noun.
What is the plural of metaphrast?
The plural of metaphrast is metaphrasts.

Words near metaphrast in the dictionary

  1. metaphrase
  2. metaphrased
  3. metaphrases
  4. metaphrasing
  5. metaphrasis
  6. metaphrast
  7. metaphrastic
  8. metaphrastical
  9. metaphrastically
  10. metaphrasts
  11. metaphylactic

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