allegorist

[ al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist ]

/ ˈæl ɪˌgɔr ɪst, -ˌgoʊr-, ˈæl ɪ gər ɪst /

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noun

a person who uses or writes allegory.

Origin of allegorist

First recorded in 1675–85; allegor(ize) + -ist

Words nearby allegorist

Allegheny Mountains, Allegheny spurge, allegiance, allegiant, allegorical, allegorist, allegoristic, allegorize, allegory, Allegra, allegretto

Example sentences from the Web for allegorist

Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable.
Among Famous Books|John Kelman
The allegorizer requires an allegorist to interpret him aright.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich
Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes|Israel Zangwill
We need not be so dense as to require the allegorist to say to us in so many words: "This is a parable."
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon|Walter Adeney

To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark

单词	allegorist
释义	allegorist [ al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist ] / ˈæl ɪˌgɔr ɪst, -ˌgoʊr-, ˈæl ɪ gər ɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR allegorist ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who uses or writes allegory. Origin of allegorist First recorded in 1675–85; allegor(ize) + -ist Words nearby allegorist Allegheny Mountains, Allegheny spurge, allegiance, allegiant, allegorical, allegorist, allegoristic, allegorize, allegory, Allegra, allegretto Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for allegorist Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable. Among Famous Books\|John Kelman The allegorizer requires an allegorist to interpret him aright. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria\|Norman Bentwich Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes\|Israel Zangwill We need not be so dense as to require the allegorist to say to us in so many words: "This is a parable." Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon\|Walter Adeney To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance\|Donald Lemen Clark Words related to allegorist liar, narrator, writer, raconteur, fibber, bard, minstrel, author
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allegorist

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