figuraladj.

/ˈfɪɡjʊərəl/

Forms: Also 1500s figurall(e.

Etymology: < Old French figural, < late Latin *figūrālis (implied in figūrālitās ), < figūra figure n.

1. = figurative adj. 1, 4 Cf. figura n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective]

figural?a1500

sacramental1534

shadowing1579

hieroglyphical1581

similitudinary1581

morala1616

symbolical1620

characterical1634

shadowy1641

emblematical1644

emblematic1645

hieroglyphic1647

symbolic1681

emblematizing1751

tokening1820

imagerial1837

twi-necked1840

personating1851

symptomatic1853

symbolizing1909

uroboric1958

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

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 587 in Poems (1981) 26 Ouerheillit wyth typis figurall.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 142 Scripture is to be expounded..by the allegoricall or figurall..and by the tropologicall sense.

1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 82 Their caeremonies..were shadowy and figurall.

1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. Auerbach Mimesis 195 A figural schema permits both its poles—the figure and its fulfillment—to obtain the characteristics of concrete historical reality, in contradistinction to what obtains with symbolic or allegorical personifications.

1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. Auerbach Mimesis 196 Far more prevalent in the Christian life of the High Middle Ages is the figural realism which can be observed in full bloom in sermons, the plastic arts, and mystery plays.

1955 R. Jakobson in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 424/2 The two varieties of figural speech—metaphor..and metonymy.

1959 Encounter Nov. 78/2 A ‘figural’ interpretation, as if every particular event signified precisely ‘something other’... Modern ‘realism’ lacks this ‘figural’ quality.

1968 E. Salter in Proc. Brit. Acad. LIV. 85 The essential messages of Piers Plowman are conveyed at their greatest intensity by figural or typological means, as are those of the Bible.

†2. Arithmetic. Of numbers: Representing some geometrical figure, such as a square, cube, etc.; consisting of factors. Cf. figurate adj. 3a. Obsolete. figural arithmetic: in quot., the arithmetic of ‘figural’ numbers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > produced in a certain way > figurate or polygonal

figural1551

figurate1614

figurated1642

pyramidala1690

polygonal1704

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. A iij b, Defin. Formes [sc. produced by arrangements of points in rows]..whiche I omitte..considering that their knowledg appertaineth more to Arithmetike figurall, than to Geometrie.

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Aii^v Many nombers are referred to some figure..So if I saie that .16. is a square nomber, bicause it is made of .4. multiplied by .4. then is .16. here to be called a figuralle nomber.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) ii. ii. i. 173 Figural Numbers..represent some Geometrical Figure, and are ever considered in relation to those Formes.

1704 in J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I.

quasi-adverb.1696 London Gaz. No. 3183/4 Treatise of Arithmetick in all its Parts, viz. Integers, Fractions..Figurals, etc.

Thesaurus »

†a. Pertaining to figure or shape (obsolete).

b. Of or pertaining to figures. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective]

figurative1607

figural1813

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 287 Yet equall incongruities have been commonly committed by Geographers and Historians, in the figurall resemblances of severall regions on earth.

1813 W. Taylor Eng. Synonyms 175 Keeping is a bad word, though a painter's term for figural perspective.

1884 Schliemann in N. Amer. Rev. CXXXIX. 526 We also see in the wall-paintings figural representations.

c. (In present technical use.)

ΚΠ

1952 D. T. Rice Eng. Art 871–1100 83 Sculptures of a monumental figural character are quite different from those of a decorative or ornamental nature.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Jan. 4/4 Similar not to the Book of Lindisfarne or the Book of Durrow, but to the figural sculpture on the Ruthwell Cross.

1970 M. Swanton Dream of Rood 12 The broad principal faces of the shaft are carved with figural subjects surrounded by identifying Latin inscriptions.

4. Music. = figurate adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [adjective] > florid

figurate1708

figurative1744

coloured1853

florid1876

melismatic1877

figured1879

figural1938

a1897 [In mod. Dicts.].

1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 316/2 Often the word ‘florid’ is a good translation of ‘Figural’.

1959 Listener 17 Dec. 1093/2 As well as this simple liturgical form (Choral-passion, implying unaccompanied monody), composers cultivated the Figural-passion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	figural
释义	figuraladj. /ˈfɪɡjʊərəl/ Forms: Also 1500s figurall(e. Etymology: < Old French figural, < late Latin figūrālis (implied in figūrālitās* ), < figūra figure n. 1. = figurative adj. 1, 4 Cf. figura n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] figural?a1500 sacramental1534 shadowing1579 hieroglyphical1581 similitudinary1581 morala1616 symbolical1620 characterical1634 shadowy1641 emblematical1644 emblematic1645 hieroglyphic1647 symbolic1681 emblematizing1751 tokening1820 imagerial1837 twi-necked1840 personating1851 symptomatic1853 symbolizing1909 uroboric1958 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 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 587 in Poems (1981) 26 Ouerheillit wyth typis figurall. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 142 Scripture is to be expounded..by the allegoricall or figurall..and by the tropologicall sense. 1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 82 Their caeremonies..were shadowy and figurall. 1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. Auerbach Mimesis 195 A figural schema permits both its poles—the figure and its fulfillment—to obtain the characteristics of concrete historical reality, in contradistinction to what obtains with symbolic or allegorical personifications. 1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. Auerbach Mimesis 196 Far more prevalent in the Christian life of the High Middle Ages is the figural realism which can be observed in full bloom in sermons, the plastic arts, and mystery plays. 1955 R. Jakobson in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 424/2 The two varieties of figural speech—metaphor..and metonymy. 1959 Encounter Nov. 78/2 A ‘figural’ interpretation, as if every particular event signified precisely ‘something other’... Modern ‘realism’ lacks this ‘figural’ quality. 1968 E. Salter in Proc. Brit. Acad. LIV. 85 The essential messages of Piers Plowman are conveyed at their greatest intensity by figural or typological means, as are those of the Bible. †2. Arithmetic. Of numbers: Representing some geometrical figure, such as a square, cube, etc.; consisting of factors. Cf. figurate adj. 3a. Obsolete. figural arithmetic: in quot., the arithmetic of ‘figural’ numbers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > produced in a certain way > figurate or polygonal figural1551 figurate1614 figurated1642 pyramidala1690 polygonal1704 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. A iij b, Defin. Formes [sc. produced by arrangements of points in rows]..whiche I omitte..considering that their knowledg appertaineth more to Arithmetike figurall, than to Geometrie. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Aii^v Many nombers are referred to some figure..So if I saie that .16. is a square nomber, bicause it is made of .4. multiplied by .4. then is .16. here to be called a figuralle nomber. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) ii. ii. i. 173 Figural Numbers..represent some Geometrical Figure, and are ever considered in relation to those Formes. 1704 in J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. quasi-adverb.1696 London Gaz. No. 3183/4 Treatise of Arithmetick in all its Parts, viz. Integers, Fractions..Figurals, etc. 3. Thesaurus » †a. Pertaining to figure or shape (obsolete). b. Of or pertaining to figures. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] figurative1607 figural1813 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 287 Yet equall incongruities have been commonly committed by Geographers and Historians, in the figurall resemblances of severall regions on earth. 1813 W. Taylor Eng. Synonyms 175 Keeping is a bad word, though a painter's term for figural perspective. 1884 Schliemann in N. Amer. Rev. CXXXIX. 526 We also see in the wall-paintings figural representations. c. (In present technical use.) ΚΠ 1952 D. T. Rice Eng. Art 871–1100 83 Sculptures of a monumental figural character are quite different from those of a decorative or ornamental nature. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Jan. 4/4 Similar not to the Book of Lindisfarne or the Book of Durrow, but to the figural sculpture on the Ruthwell Cross. 1970 M. Swanton Dream of Rood 12 The broad principal faces of the shaft are carved with figural subjects surrounded by identifying Latin inscriptions. 4. Music. = figurate adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [adjective] > florid figurate1708 figurative1744 coloured1853 florid1876 melismatic1877 figured1879 figural1938 a1897 [In mod. Dicts.]. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 316/2 Often the word ‘florid’ is a good translation of ‘Figural’. 1959 Listener 17 Dec. 1093/2 As well as this simple liturgical form (Choral-passion, implying unaccompanied monody), composers cultivated the Figural-passion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.?a1500
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