imagery
English
Etymology
From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/, /-ədʒɹi/, /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/
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Noun
imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries)
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- Imitation work.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
Translations
work
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imitation work — see imitation
images in general
unreal show
work of imagination
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rhetorical decoration
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Middle English
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