单词 | emblematic |
释义 | emblematicadj. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, or serving as, an emblem; symbolical, typical. Const. of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] figural?a1500 sacramental1534 shadowing1579 hieroglyphical1581 similitudinary1581 morala1616 symbolical1620 characterical1634 shadowy1641 emblematical1644 emblematic1645 hieroglyphic1647 symbolic1681 emblematizing1751 tokening1820 imagerial1837 twi-necked1840 personating1851 symptomatic1853 symbolizing1909 uroboric1958 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 206 The emblematic tree at the other passage out of the church. 1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 54 Neither Christ nor his Apostles have proposed any Doctrine after an Emblematick manner. 1763 S. Derrick Lett. (1767) II. 110 A monument..enriched with..inscriptions, and emblematic sculptures. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals 2nd Prol. View her..primly portray'd on emblematic wood! 1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. viii. 194 And on his finger gave to shine The emblematic gem. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 25/2 Clothes..are Emblematic..of a manifold cunning Victory over Want. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vi. 130 A process in the mind of man..makes material sights and objects first beautiful and then emblematic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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