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单词 metaphoric
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metaphoricadj.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈfɔrɪk/
Forms: 1500s metaphoricke, 1600s metaphorike, 1600s– metaphoric, 1700s metaphorick.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French metaphorique; Latin metaphoricus.
Etymology: < Middle French metaphorique (c1375; French métaphorique ) or its etymon post-classical Latin metaphoricus (from c1270 in British sources) < ancient Greek μεταϕορικός skilled in making metaphors (in Hellenistic Greek in sense ‘metaphorical’) < μεταϕορά metaphor n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Spanish metafórico (1438), Italian metaforico (a1565), Portuguese metafórico (17th cent.). Compare earlier metaphorical adj.
= metaphorical adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > characterized by metaphor > metaphorical or figurative
figurative14..
figural?a1500
translated1511
figurate1548
tropological1555
metaphorical1563
tropical1565
tropic1569
translate1582
allusory1587
translative1589
allusive1593
metaphoric1597
transumptive1597
transferent1614
translatitious1637
analogic1638
tralatitious1645
parabolic1696
tropologic1796
transitive1810
transferred1863
1597 in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 447 Restraine your haughtie metaphoricke lines.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 11 Traditions; which he wraps up in..metaphoric, and Allegoric notions.
1733 J. Swift Epist. to Lady 7 Metaphorick Meat and Drink, Is to understand, and think.
1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty i. xvi Sarah..did not understand Miss Litton's metaphoric language.
1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Apr. 16/4 This column is not supposed to be a journey, metaphoric or otherwise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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