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Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æfɪk
Adjective
graphic (comparative more graphic, superlative most graphic)
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Positive graphic |
Comparative more graphic |
Superlative most graphic |
- drawn, pictorial
- vivid, descriptive
- grotesque or otherwise repulsively gory
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Derived terms
Noun
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Singular graphic |
Plural graphics |
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.
Related terms
- graphic art
- graph
- graphical
- graphician
- lithographic
- photographic
- pornographic
- reprographic
Translations
a drawing or picture
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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
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