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Meaning of "metaphrastical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METAPHRASTICAL

metaphrastical  [ˌmɛtəˈfræstɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAPHRASTICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metaphrastical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAPHRASTICAL


acoustical
əˈkuːstɪkəl
antiphrastical
ˌæntɪˈfræstɪkəl
ecclesiastical
ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪkəl
egotistical
ˌɛɡəʊˈtɪstɪkəl
encomiastical
enˌkəʊmɪˈæstɪkəl
fantastical
fænˈtæstɪkəl
gymnastical
ˌdʒɪmˈnæstɪkəl
hexastichal
ˌhɛksˈæstɪkəl
logistical
ləˈdʒɪstɪkəl
majestical
məˈdʒestɪkəl
monastical
məˈnæstɪkəl
mystical
ˈmɪstɪkəl
paraphrastical
ˌpærəˈfræstɪkəl
paronomastical
ˌpærənəʊˈmæstɪkəl
periphrastical
ˌpɛrɪˈfræstɪkəl
pleonastical
pliːəˈnæstɪkəl
scholastical
skəˈlæstɪkəl
statistical
stəˈtɪstɪkəl
testicle
ˈtɛstɪkəl
tetrastichal
tɛˈtræstɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAPHRASTICAL

metaphoric
metaphorical
metaphorically
metaphoricalness
metaphorist
metaphosphate
metaphosphoric acid
metaphrase
metaphrasis
metaphrast
metaphrastic
metaphrastically
metaphysic
metaphysical
metaphysically
metaphysician
metaphysicise
metaphysicist
metaphysicize
metaphysics

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAPHRASTICAL

aeronautical
alphabetical
analytical
chemical
critical
diacritical
elliptical
grammatical
hypothetical
identical
mathematical
metical
nautical
optical
pharmaceutical
political
practical
skeptical
tactical
theoretical
vertical

Synonyms and antonyms of metaphrastical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metaphrastical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAPHRASTICAL

Find out the translation of metaphrastical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metaphrastical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metaphrastical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

metaphrastical
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metaphrastical
570 millions of speakers

English

metaphrastical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metaphrastical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metaphrastical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

metaphrastical
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metaphrastical
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metaphrastical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

metaphrastical
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metaphrastical
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metaphrastical
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

metaphrastical
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metaphrastical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metaphrastical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metaphrastical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

metaphrastical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Metaphrastical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metaphrastical
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metaphrastical
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metaphrastical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

metaphrastical
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metaphrastical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

metaphrastical
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metaphrastical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metaphrastical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metaphrastical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metaphrastical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPHRASTICAL»

The term «metaphrastical» is used very little and occupies the 172.478 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metaphrastical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAPHRASTICAL»

Discover the use of metaphrastical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metaphrastical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poetry, Modern Romance and Rhetoric
In translation his example has tended to corrupt the national taste, and to substitute a glittering, false, and metaphrastical yersion for a true translation. His forte is essentially the didactic and satirical ; moral instruction or censure enforced with ...
George Moir, William Spalding, 1851
2
An apology for the Kafir Bible: Being a reply to the ...
I have endeavoured to avoid the metaphrastical style of translation on the one hand, and the paraphrastical on the other. The former necessarily obscures the sense, whilst the latter encroaches upon the province of the expositor. Both styles  ...
John William Appleyard, 1867
3
An Apology for the Kafir Bible: Being a Reply to the ...
I have endeavoured to avoid the metaphrastical style of translation on the one hand, and the paraphrastical on the other. The former necessarily obscures the sense, whilst the latter encroaches upon the province of the expositor. Both styles  ...
John Whittle Appleyard, 1867
4
Treatises on Poetry, Modern Romance, and Rhetoric: Being the ...
In translation his example has tended to corrupt the national taste, and to substitute a glittering, false, and metaphrastical version for a true translation. His forte is essentially the didactic and satirical ; moral instruction or censure enforced with 1 ...
‎1839
5
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
Our next metaphrastical caperer on Pegasus, round and round the lower regions of Parnassus, is Mr. Sparke ; who has chosen the elegiac measure for his translation of Gray's incomparable poem, — not injudiciously, if it were possible for any ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1796
6
The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review
These charges we have endeavoured to parry h*. fore, with reg.ird to translation Boiardo cannot be defended, but hi^ translator need not propagate his offences aeruinst taste by bein^ nicely metaphrastical. ,:□. Wh«isfc> licentious, he may ...
Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, 1806
7
The universal profitableness of Scripture for doctrine ...
With respect to certainty, human words employed in translations and human words employed in consequences are upon a level. The words are equally human, and^ there is a mixture of human reasoning in them, whether in metaphrastical or ...
Vaughan Thomas, 1836
8
Beowulf
... be read, and being read is the ultimate test in such a pragmatic art. This antithesis, real though it has often been, must not be allowed to hamstring the zest of the metaphrastical perfectionist. Communication must take place; the nerves must ...
9
A Modern Greek and English lexicon
Mnappas-'ioj, », or, adj. metaphrastical. Miraftdii, □», ar or ouc-a, no-a, v. n. to think afresh, change one's mind. MiTapua-txrj, tk, s. f. metapliysics. Mrraipuo-ixoi, >i,or, adj. metaphysical. MtTa^uffixof, oD, s. m. a metaphysician. MiTapuo-i««{ ...
Isaac Lowndes, 1837
10
THE MONTHLY ANTHOLOGY
These chargts we have endeavoured to pj fore, with regard to trail Boiardo cannot be defended translator need not propac offences against taste by nicely metaphrastical. \ licentious, he may gener; avoid ; what is absurd,he 1 translate ; what is ...
‎1805

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METAPHRASTICAL»

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... hymnbooks politei cacopathy predelegating chrysoeriol metaphrastical unstablished poduran ranivorous chilies hanting hereticated zambia ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Metaphrastical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/metaphrastical>. Apr 2024 ».
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