allegoric

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

allegoric
    adj 1: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;
           "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of
           Victory leading an army" [syn: {allegorical},
           {allegoric}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Allegoric \Al`le*gor"ic\, Allegorical \Al`le*gor"ic*al\, a. [F.
   all['e]gorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. ?. See {Allegory}.]
   Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an
   allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. "An
   allegoric tale." --Falconer. "An allegorical application."
   --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]

         Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which
         says one thing, but means another.       --Max Miller.
   [1913 Webster] {Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
   {Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]