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metaphorical, a.|mɛtəˈfɒrɪkəl|
[f. metaphor + -ic + -al1.]
Of or characterized by the use of metaphor; of the nature of metaphor; used metaphorically; not literal; figurative.
a1555Latimer in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 1312/2 They thinke not that it is a corporal worme, but a spiritual & a Metaphorical worme. 1665Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 251 For both the word Water, and that of Life, they are but metaphorical Sayings. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. cii. 490 [She] delights..in..metaphorical flourishes. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. 2 A man without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. vii. (1884) 235 To impose a metaphorical meaning on the commonest word of the New Testament is to violate every canon of interpretation.
Hence metaˈphoricalness.
1882in Ogilvie. |