FIGURAL


Meaning of FIGURAL in English

-rəl adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin figuralis, from Latin figura figure + -alis -al — more at figure

1. obsolete : figurative 1

2. : figurative 2

3. : figurate 2

4. : relating to or consisting wholly or for the most part of human or animal figures

a figural composition

finely etched with bands of floral and figural subjects

• fig·ur·al·ly -rəlē adverb

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