graphic
/ˈɡɹæfɪk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.23 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
adj
Relating to or reminiscent of graphic arts.
adj
Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
Example Sentences
- "The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign."
- "We are not publishing these images because of the graphic nature of the content."
- "In the bodycam footage he is heard using graphic language to berate her."
- "That practice started on a 2018 visit to Ethiopia, where he encountered Jimma thrones, hewn from a single piece of wood with graphic cutouts."
- "graphic granite"
- "I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing."
Etymology
From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gerbʰ-, graphicus, γραφικός