metaphoricity
/ˌmɛtəfəˈrɪsɪti/noun
The fact or quality of being metaphorical; metaphorical nature, figurativeness.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Yale French Studies. From metaphor + -icity, probably after French métaphoricité; compare metaphoric, metaphorical.
- billing
- Billingsgate
- Billings method
- billion
- billionaire
- billionth
- Billiton
- bill of costs
- bill of exchange
- bill of fare
- bill of goods
- bill of health
- bill of indictment
- bill of lading
- bill of quantities
- Bill of Rights
- bill of sale
- billon
- billow
- billowy
- billposter
- billposting
- billsticker
- billy
- billy boy