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Definition of Metaphoric
1. Adjective. Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another. "Metaphoric language"
Definition of Metaphoric
1. a. Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.
Definition of Metaphoric
1. Adjective. Like a metaphor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metaphoric
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphoric
Literary usage of Metaphoric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dining and Its Amenities by John William Severin Gouley (1907)
"XIX metaphoric USES OF SWEETNESS "Sweets to the sweet." The foregoing essay, on
sweet condiments, suggested the consideration of the metaphoric uses of ..."
2. Leo Ornstein, the Man by Frederick Herman Martens (1918)
"... both in its decorative and its metaphoric sense. They are a series of individual
musical designs, rich in color, but (to borrow a geometric term) their ..."
3. Analytics of Literature: A Manual for the Objective Study of English Prose by Lucius Adelno Sherman (1893)
"A metaphoric clause may be turned to allegory by ridding the subject, in thought,
of every mark of its actual identity. When an action has been figured ..."
4. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"The teacher shows them how to transform these sentences into metaphoric statements:
The ... Write another of your cluster ideas as a metaphoric statement. ..."
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