Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metaphoric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: meta-phor-ic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of metaphorical.

Etymology

Etymology tree English metaphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metaphoric From metaphor + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more metaphoric (comparative) most metaphoric (superlative) metaphorick (alternative)

Derived Forms

metaphoricity metaphoricness nonmetaphoric unmetaphoric

Synonyms

metaphorical

Questions

What does metaphoric mean?: Synonym of metaphorical.
Where does metaphoric come from?: Etymology tree English metaphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metaphoric From metaphor + -ic.

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