metaphoriciann.
/ˌmɛtəfəˈrɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɛdəfəˈrɪʃ(ə)n/ = metaphorist n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metaphor > one who
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1958 Punch 23 July 103/1 ‘De Britt found out about them. It's the wheel.’ ‘Of Fate?’ ‘No metaphorician, de Britt. When he said wheel he meant wheel.’
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 July 869/2 A metaphorician always, Brooks ends: ‘I have heard of seeds.’
1993 Independent on Sunday 17 Oct. 26/8 The screenplay is by master metaphorician Caroline Thompson..and the images—nurture, the womb, class—sprout as rapidly as the garden.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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