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单词 allegoricalness
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allegoricalnessn.

Brit. /ˌalᵻˈɡɒrᵻklnəs/, U.S. /ˌæləˈɡɔrək(ə)lnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allegorical adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < allegorical adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or fact of being allegorical.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Allegoricalness, being an Allegory.
1852 H. Melville Let. 8 Jan. in R. L. Gale Herman Melville Encycl. (1995) 185 The particular subordinate allegories, were first revealed to me, after reading Mr Hawthorne's letter, which..intimated the part-&-parcel allegoricalness of the whole.
1870 Family Treasury Sunday Reading 109/2 The minds that differ on the literality or allegoricalness of this prophecy, must be held to be quite differently constituted.
1998 Mod. Philol. 96 203 He seems to admit the allegoricalness of particular fictions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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