imagyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɪmᵻdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈɪmɪdʒi/

Forms: 1900s– imagey, 1900s– imagy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: image n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < image n. + -y suffix¹. Compare imagic adj.

Of the nature of an image; consisting of images.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective]

imaginary1594

imaginal1638

visual1817

imagic1937

imagy1937

1915 C. Smedley On Fighting Line vi. 128 Simon looked more graven-imagey than ever.]

1937 Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. 16 213 We could suggest that an event has two sorts of constituents, sensible ones and imagy ones.

1953 H. H. Price Thinking & Experience vii. 201 The type-word ‘cat’ has imagy tokens as well as overtly perceptible ones.

1992 New Republic 10 Aug. 6/3 Perot balked not only at the cost..but at the very idea of imagey, atmospheric commercials. He wanted commercials that actually talked about what he planned to do.

2001 I. Stevenson Children who Remember Previous Lives (rev. ed.) x. 228 The world of the after-death state would be an ‘imagy’ one—to use Price's word—but it would not be an imaginary one.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imagy
释义	imagyadj. Brit. /ˈɪmᵻdʒi/, U.S. /ˈɪmɪdʒi/ Forms: 1900s– imagey, 1900s– imagy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: image n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < image n. + -y suffix¹. Compare imagic adj. Of the nature of an image; consisting of images. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] imaginary1594 imaginal1638 visual1817 imagic1937 imagy1937 1915 C. Smedley On Fighting Line vi. 128 Simon looked more graven-imagey than ever.] 1937 Aristotelian Soc. Suppl. Vol. 16 213 We could suggest that an event has two sorts of constituents, sensible ones and imagy ones. 1953 H. H. Price Thinking & Experience vii. 201 The type-word ‘cat’ has imagy tokens as well as overtly perceptible ones. 1992 New Republic 10 Aug. 6/3 Perot balked not only at the cost..but at the very idea of imagey, atmospheric commercials. He wanted commercials that actually talked about what he planned to do. 2001 I. Stevenson Children who Remember Previous Lives (rev. ed.) x. 228 The world of the after-death state would be an ‘imagy’ one—to use Price's word—but it would not be an imaginary one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1937
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