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imagery

noun
/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/

Etymology

From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.

  1. derived from imagerie
  2. inherited from ymagerie

Definitions

  1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.

  2. Imitation work.

  3. Images in general, or en masse.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Unreal show

      Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

    2. The work of the imagination or fancy

      The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

    3. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking

      Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imagery. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imagery. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at imagery

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA