单词 | emblematical |
释义 | emblematicaladj. = emblematic adj. 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 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 77 A spice of their authority more strong then their emblematicall Mace. 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) i. ii. 45 An emblematical representation of God's unspeakable mercy. 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 81. ⁋6 Gorgons, Chimæra's, and Centaurs, with many other Emblematical Figures. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. i. 449 Such reverses as are purely emblematical. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iv. 127 Dances and games were instituted, emblematical of the regeneration of the world. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 423 St. Vincent Ferraris..is sometimes represented with wings to his shoulders..but..these large emblematical wings, in conjunction with the Dominican habit, have a strange uncouth effect. DerivativesΚΠ 1731 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1644 |
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