metaphoricadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈfɔrɪk/

Forms: 1500s metaphoricke, 1600s metaphorike, 1600s– metaphoric, 1700s metaphorick.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French metaphorique; Latin metaphoricus.

Etymology: < Middle French metaphorique (c1375; French métaphorique ) or its etymon post-classical Latin metaphoricus (from c1270 in British sources) < ancient Greek μεταϕορικός skilled in making metaphors (in Hellenistic Greek in sense ‘metaphorical’) < μεταϕορά metaphor n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Spanish metafórico (1438), Italian metaforico (a1565), Portuguese metafórico (17th cent.). Compare earlier metaphorical adj.

= metaphorical adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

1597 in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 447 Restraine your haughtie metaphoricke lines.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 11 Traditions; which he wraps up in..metaphoric, and Allegoric notions.

1733 J. Swift Epist. to Lady 7 Metaphorick Meat and Drink, Is to understand, and think.

1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty i. xvi Sarah..did not understand Miss Litton's metaphoric language.

1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Apr. 16/4 This column is not supposed to be a journey, metaphoric or otherwise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metaphoric
释义	metaphoricadj. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈfɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈfɔrɪk/ Forms: 1500s metaphoricke, 1600s metaphorike, 1600s– metaphoric, 1700s metaphorick. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French metaphorique; Latin metaphoricus. Etymology: < Middle French metaphorique (c1375; French métaphorique ) or its etymon post-classical Latin metaphoricus (from c1270 in British sources) < ancient Greek μεταϕορικός skilled in making metaphors (in Hellenistic Greek in sense ‘metaphorical’) < μεταϕορά metaphor n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Spanish metafórico (1438), Italian metaforico (a1565), Portuguese metafórico (17th cent.). Compare earlier metaphorical adj. = metaphorical adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1597 in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 447 Restraine your haughtie metaphoricke lines. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ii. 11 Traditions; which he wraps up in..metaphoric, and Allegoric notions. 1733 J. Swift Epist. to Lady 7 Metaphorick Meat and Drink, Is to understand, and think. 1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty i. xvi Sarah..did not understand Miss Litton's metaphoric language. 1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Apr. 16/4 This column is not supposed to be a journey, metaphoric or otherwise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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