figury
figury adjective: bearing or resembling figures.
Adjective
figury (comparative more figury, superlative most figury)
- Bearing or resembling figures.
- This tree is somewhat dwarfish in height, and stout in the stem; plentiful; yielding timber of a reddish colour, with darker alternating shades of a figury character; […]1887, Colonial and Indian Exhibition: Reports on the Colonial Sections of the Exhibition, page 458
Forms of figury
| comparative | more figury |
|---|---|
| superlative | most figury |
Origin of figury
From figure + -y.
Questions about figury
- What does figury mean?
- Figury means bearing or resembling figures.
- What part of speech is figury?
- Figury is an adjective.
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