FIGURAL

figural, figurative

(adjective) consisting of or forming human or animal figures; “a figural design”; “the figurative art of the humanistic tradition”- Herbert Read

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

figural (comparative more figural, superlative most figural)

Representing by means of a figure; emblematic.

Figurative, not literal.

(mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure.

(obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.

(rare) Pertaining to (human) figures.

(music) Figurate.

Source: Wiktionary

Fig"ur*al, a. Etym: [From Figure.]

1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: Figurate. See Figurate. Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers, under Figurate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition