Hypertext Webster Gateway: "allegorical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Allegoric \Al`le*gor"ic\, Allegorical \Al`le*gor"ic*al\, a. [F.
all['e]gorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. ?. See {Allegory}.]
Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an
allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. ``An
allegoric tale.'' --Falconer. ``An allegorical application.''
--Pope.
Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which
says one thing, but means another. --Max Miller.
{Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
allegorical
adj : used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;
"allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of
Victory leading an army" [syn: {allegoric}]
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