figurative language
[ fig-yer-uh-tiv lang-gwij ]
noun
language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
Origin of figurative language
1First recorded in 1685–95
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How to use figurative language in a sentence
To use your figurative language, when this wormeaten monarchy is broken, what will come out of the ruins?
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander Dumasfigurative language employs words with meanings not strictly literal, but varying from their ordinary definitions.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterAs the ranchers put it, in the figurative language of their calling, “the hull blame state was burnt to a cinder.”
The Terms of Surrender | Louis Tracy"They will yet find the Huron a singing-bird," said Duncan, endeavoring to adopt the figurative language of the natives.
The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore CooperWhy should one art be contemptuous of the figurative language of another?
Soliloquies in England | George Santayana
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