graphic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very clear and detailed, especially in describing something unpleasant like sex or violence.

   The film was banned because of its graphic violence.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to drawing, design, or visual art.

   She works as a graphic designer for a magazine.

3. 3
   noun

   A picture or image, especially one created by a computer.

   The graphics in this new game are amazing.

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).

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