I. -j(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English imagerie, from Middle French, from image + -erie -ery
1. : the product of image makers (as a statue, emblem, or idol) : images ; also : the art of making images
2. obsolete : image worship
3. : ornate or heightened description or figures of speech ; specifically : the often peculiarly individual concrete or figurative diction used by a writer in those portions of his texts where he wishes to produce a particular effect (as a special emotional appeal or a train of intellectual associations)
Shakespeare's imagery
4. : mental images ; especially : the products of imagination
psychotic imagery
II. noun
: pictures produced by an imaging system