allegorical
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæl.ɪˈɡɔɹ.ɪ.kəl/
Adjective
editallegorical (comparative more allegorical, superlative most allegorical)
- of, relating to, or containing allegory
- Synonym: allegoric
- c. 1717, Alexander Pope, remarks on Thomas Parnell's Battle of the Frogs and Mice
- An allegorical application.
- 1861, Friedrich Max Müller, Lectures on the Science of Language:
- Allegorical being […] that kind of language which says one thing, but means another.
Derived terms
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editof, relating to, or containing allegory
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