unmetaphoricaladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛtəˈfɒrᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌmɛdəˈfɔrək(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and metaphorical adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, metaphorical adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + metaphorical adj.

Not metaphorical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > literal

unfigured1577

unmetaphorical1641

unrhetorical1680

literal1690

unfigurative1780

uncaricatured1880

non-metaphorical1941

1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi iii. v. 588 God hath..given us a power, above Angels and Archangels, in..most powerfull, un-metaphoricall, proper words.

1746 J. Wesley Let. 25 June (1982) II. 199 In as plain and unmetaphorical words as the nature of the thing would bear.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xiii. 53 I am got..into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 26/1 An unmetaphorical style you shall in vain seek for.

1918 A. J. Todd Theories of Social Progress iv. 44 In plain unmetaphorical language they insist that human minds are not separate but interwoven.

2003 Philosophy 78 391 I did my best to give unmetaphorical substance to describing time as composed of units.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmetaphorical
释义	unmetaphoricaladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛtəˈfɒrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˌmɛdəˈfɔrək(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and metaphorical adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, metaphorical adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + metaphorical adj. Not metaphorical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > literal unfigured1577 unmetaphorical1641 unrhetorical1680 literal1690 unfigurative1780 uncaricatured1880 non-metaphorical1941 1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi iii. v. 588 God hath..given us a power, above Angels and Archangels, in..most powerfull, un-metaphoricall, proper words. 1746 J. Wesley Let. 25 June (1982) II. 199 In as plain and unmetaphorical words as the nature of the thing would bear. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xiii. 53 I am got..into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 26/1 An unmetaphorical style you shall in vain seek for. 1918 A. J. Todd Theories of Social Progress iv. 44 In plain unmetaphorical language they insist that human minds are not separate but interwoven. 2003 Philosophy 78 391 I did my best to give unmetaphorical substance to describing time as composed of units. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1641
随便看	of his etc kind of his etc own kind of his its kind of his its own kind of his kind of his mother's side of his own kind of home manufacture of ill example of in disposing mind or memory of in wont of inches of indifferency of industry of intention of its kind of kerven of kin of kind of kind blood of late of lay fee of length of life of lifes