10 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
adjective expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
originEtymology tree English metaphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English metaphoric From metaphor + -ic.
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