from Greek metaphora "a transfer"
especially of the sense of one word to a different word, literally "a carrying over"
15th century, "figure of speech by which a characteristic of one object is assigned to another, different but resembling it or analogous to it; comparison by transference of a descriptive word or phrase"
"Metaphors are expressions of underlying energies and interactions. The same story can be expressed through infinite sets of metaphors."
"Originals"
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |