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单词 allegorical
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allegoricaladj.

Brit. /ˌalᵻˈɡɒrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌæləˈɡɔrək(ə)l/
Forms: 1500s–1600s allegoricall, 1500s– allegorical.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin allegoricus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin allegoricus allegoric adj. + -al suffix1. Compare earlier allegoric adj.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of allegory; consisting of or containing an allegory.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > comparison by allegory > [adjective]
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allegoristic1828
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [adjective] > allegorical
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allegorizing1607
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [adjective]
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parabolical1563
apological1623
apologal1652
parabolary1652
Aesopic1664
parabolic1669
Aesopian1688
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > allegorical
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parabolical1563
parabolary1652
parabolic1669
semi-parabolic1876
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxix They devide ye scripture into iiij. senses, ye literall, tropologicall, allegoricall[,] anagogical.
1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 207 Sina the allegorical Agar.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 5 An Allegorical signification: as, when Peter by the Arke of Noah, signifies Baptism.
1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. i. 131 Some men..say they [sc. the Prophets] are to be understood in a figurate and allegorical sence.
1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) ii. §4. 109 Its chimeras, its harpies, its allegorical figures, are grand.
1778 R. Lowth Isaiah Prelim. Diss. p. lxviii The Chaldee Paraphrase..often wanders from the Text in a wordy allegorical explanation.
1829 T. Carlyle German Playwrights in Foreign Rev. Jan. 99 Quitting this idle allegorical vein.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 24 Heathen deities and allegorical personages appear in a kind of drama.
1903 E. K. Chambers Mediæval Stage II. xxiii. 153 This débat-like theme is of course familiar in every branch of allegorical literature.
1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 117 The lower level..carries four allegorical figures, Hope, Faith, Charity, and Immortality.
2010 T. Wallace-Murphy Hidden Wisdom x. 120 The Grail quest..was an allegorical description of an individual, inner adventure in spiritual existence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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