Course Glossary

Here are some words that you should be familiar with for this course.

Unless otherwise noted, definitions from Wiktionary. CC BY SA

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F

figurative (comparative more figurative, superlative most figurative)

Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs."
Metaphorically so called
With many figures of speech
Emblematic; representative