Imaginal

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by imagination; imaginative.
  • Given to the use of rhetorical figures or images.
  • In entomology, of or pertaining to the imago or perfect state of an insect.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to an imago.
  • adjective. masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the insect imago.
  • Word Usage
    "Corbin coined the word imaginal to name this other world."
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