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Definition of Figurativeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Figurativeness
Literary usage of Figurativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"And it is exactly agreeable to the figurativeness of that language, to transfer
the word to this fruit upon the aforesaid consideration. ..."
2. Proverb Lore: Many Sayings, Wise Or Otherwise, on Many Subjects, Gleaned by Frederick Edward Hulme (1906)
"... figurativeness of Language — A very characteristic Feature — Parables of our
Lord—Proverbs often condensed Parables—Examples of Word-Pictures—Commonest ..."
3. Works by Thomas Carlyle (1894)
"Under other secondary aspects the poetical faculty of the two will still be found
cognate. Goethe is full of figurativeness; ..."
4. The Bible as English Literature by John Hays Gardiner (1906)
"This picturesqueness of the Hebrew fitted in well with constant figurativeness
of English in the six- teenth century of which I have just spoken. ..."
5. Old Testament Prophecy by Andrew Bruce Davidson, James Alexander Paterson (1904)
"If we subtract the elements in prophetic language due to this principle, a good
deal of its supposed figurativeness will disappear, and also much of the ..."
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