figural
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Etymology
Origin of figural
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin figūrālis, equivalent to Latin figūra figure + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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The show also features numerous loans from private collectors and institutions, most notably a rare figural lira da braccio from Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum and an exquisitely decorated hurdy-gurdy from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“The Last Shaman” shows some of his figural paintings from 1990 to 2010.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
"And yet here is another fact — Muslims have created and enjoyed figural representations of Muhammad throughout much of the history of Islam in some parts of the Islamic world."
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
The landscapes, portraits and figural compositions here span 1920 to 1948, but concentrate on Beckmann’s years in Frankfurt, one of his most inspired periods.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
This is not figural: Aristotle’s works spent a couple hundred years in a cellar in what’s now western Turkey before someone dug them out in the first century bc.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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