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figurative language
[ fig-yer-uh-tiv lang-gwij ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of figurative language1
First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences
To use your figurative language, when this wormeaten monarchy is broken, what will come out of the ruins?
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Figurative language employs words with meanings not strictly literal, but varying from their ordinary definitions.
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As the ranchers put it, in the figurative language of their calling, “the hull blame state was burnt to a cinder.”
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"They will yet find the Huron a singing-bird," said Duncan, endeavoring to adopt the figurative language of the natives.
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Why should one art be contemptuous of the figurative language of another?
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