photographic

adjectiveattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˌfəʊtəˈɡɹæfɪk//
/[ˌfoʊɾəˈɡɹæfɪk]/

Pertaining to photographs or photography.

adjective

1
Pertaining to photographs or photography.
This shop stocks all the latest photographic equipment.
There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.
2
figurativeSynonym of accurate.
What each evangelist preserved is not a photographic reproduction of the words and deeds of Jesus, but an interpretative portrait delineated in accord with the special needs of the early church.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós)der. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -graphic ▲ English photo- ▲ Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph ▲ English -ic English photographic From photo- + -graphic or photograph + -ic.

Forms

comparative: more photographic
superlative: most photographic

photo · A photograph.photograph · A picture created by projecting an image onto a…photographer · One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

photographic · Pertaining to photographs or photography.

photography · The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive…phrase · A short written or spoken expression.Phyllis · A girl who killed herself for love and was turned into an…

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