graphic
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From Latin graphicus (“‘belonging to painting or drawing’”) < Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikos), “‘belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively’”) < γραφή (graphē), “‘drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.’”) < γράφω.
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- Rhymes: -æfɪk
[edit] Adjective
graphic (comparative more graphic, superlative most graphic)
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- drawn, pictorial
- vivid, descriptive
- grotesque or otherwise repulsively gory
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drawn, pictorial
vivid, descriptive
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graphic (plural graphics)
- a drawing or picture
- (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
- I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.
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(in the plural) computer generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
[edit] External links
- graphic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- graphic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- graphic at OneLook® Dictionary Search