| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
imagery (ˈɪmɪdʒrɪ, -dʒərɪ) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | figurative or descriptive language in a literary work |
| 2. | images collectively |
| 3. | psychol |
| a. the materials or general processes of the imagination | |
| b. image See also imagination the characteristic kind of mental images formed by a particular individual | |
| 4. | military the presentation of objects reproduced photographically (by infrared or electronic means) as prints or electronic displays |
The mental pictures created by a piece of writing: “The imagery of “The Waste Land” — crumbling towers, dried-up wells, toppled tombstones — conveys the author's sense of a civilization in decay.”
only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See CHAMBER.)