al・le・go・ry /lgri ｜ -gri/ n. 1 寓意(_ぐうい)物語, 寓話, たとえ話 (cf. fable 1 a). ・Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is a well-known allegory. バニアンの「天路歴程」はよく知られた寓意物語だ. 2 寓意的な表現, 象徴 (emblem). 3 【修辞】 アレゴリー, 寓喩(_ぐうゆ), 風喩(法). 《c1384》 (O)F allgorie L allgoria Gk allgor speech made otherwise than one seems to speak ← allgoren to speak otherwise ← llos other＋agoreein to speak in the assembly (← agor assembly ← IE ger- to gather)