Imagery etymology

English

English word imagery comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) imagerie

Detailed word origin of imagery

Dictionary entry Language Definition
imagerie Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro)
imagery English (en) (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.. Images in general, or en masse.. Imitation work.. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.