English Explanatory Dictionary

metaphier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The literal, familiar subject described in a metaphor by word or phrase, which then by analogic similitude implies the metaphrand to which the metaphor alludes.

Word forms

metaphier metaphiers
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