expressionaladj.
Of or pertaining to expression:
a. in language.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adjective] > relating to mode of expression
languaged1646
expressional1803
phraseologic1803
phraseological1860
1803 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 16 221 The conscious display of expressional skill and the anxious elaboration of a style freaked with allusions.
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 36 The verbal and expressional solecisms which disfigure our literature.
b. with reference to the countenance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression
expressional1867
1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 285 Bearing the expressional stamp of man.
c. in the fine arts, esp. painting, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > types of artistic treatment or style
antica1536
Moresque1611
barbaric1667
massive1723
popular1730
maniéré1743
regency1811
tedesco1814
massy1817
Barbaresque1831
sensualistic1838
broad1849
conventional1851
expressional1856
tight1891
stylized1898
distressed1940
pop1956
transgressive1969
1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 31 Hunt's Light of the World, is..the most perfect instance of expressional purpose with technical power.
1861 Sat. Rev. 11 584/2 There is some expressional force here.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
adj.1803