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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unfigured en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + figured.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not figured; not marked with a pattern.
    • In King Victor and King Charles Browning adopted, and no doubt deliberately, a plain, unfigured and uncoloured style, as suiting both the characters and the historical subject. 1904, Edward Dowden, Robert Browning:
    • The best covering for a Kitchen Floor is a thick unfigured oil-cloth, of one colour. 1894, anonymous author, Enquire Within Upon Everything:
  2. (not-comparable) Not figurative; literal.