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paraphrastical

paraphrastical is the alternative form of paraphrastic.

Meaning of paraphrastic

Adjective

paraphrastic (comparative more paraphrastic, superlative most paraphrastic)

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

Forms of paraphrastical

comparativemore paraphrastical
superlativemost paraphrastical

Questions about paraphrastical

What is paraphrastical the alternative form of?
Paraphrastical is the alternative form of paraphrastic.

Words near paraphrastical in the dictionary

  1. paraphrasis
  2. paraphrasist
  3. paraphrasists
  4. paraphrast
  5. paraphrastic
  6. paraphrastical
  7. paraphrastically
  8. paraphrasts
  9. paraphrenia
  10. paraphrenias
  11. paraphrenic

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