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Figural

//ˈfɪɡ(j)ʊɹəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.

    "The counterparts, in the Christian era, to the figural anticipation of Christ in the Old Testament were the deliverer monarchs and leaders of later times […]"

  2. 2
    Figurative, not literal.
  3. 3
    Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure. obsolete
  4. 4
    Pertaining to a figure, shape. obsolete
  5. 5
    Pertaining to (human) figures. rare

    "Some of the Umayyads found themselves charmed by the cultures which they had conquered, so that archaeologists in Palestine and Syria have revealed an astonishing flourishing of Christian-style figural art under their rule."

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  1. 6
    Figurate.
Adjective
  1. 1
    consisting of or forming human or animal figures wordnet

Etymology

From Old French figural, from late Latin figūrālis, from figūra (“figure”).

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