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graphic

grap·hic

UK/ˈɡɹæfɪk/ US/ˈɡræfɪk/ fairly common

adjective

1.

written or drawn or engraved

  • “graphic symbols”
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2.

describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail

  • “graphic sexual scenes”
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3.

of or relating to the graphic arts

  • “the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work” British Book News
4.

relating to or presented by a graph

  • “a graphic presentation of the data”
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evoking lifelike images within the mind

  • “pictorial poetry and prose”
  • “graphic accounts of battle”
  • “a lifelike portrait”
  • “a vivid description”
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Origin

From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).

Phrases

  • digital on-screen graphic
  • digitally originated graphic
  • graphic abbreviation
  • graphic artist
  • graphic design
  • graphic designer
  • graphic flutterer
  • graphic novel
  • graphic novelist
  • graphic spiny lizard
  • user-defined graphic

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