cyriologicadj.
/sɪrɪəʊˈlɒdʒɪk/ The analogical form of curiologic adj. and n.
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cyriologic1660
curiologic1669
curiological1814
cyriological1824
pictographic1851
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 6 In the Kyriologick way, to express the Sun, they make a Circle; the Moon, a Crescent.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Cyriologic, relating or pertaining to capital letters. [An error, reprinted in later Dicts.]
Derivatives
cyrioˈlogical adj.
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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > picture-writing
cyriologic1660
curiologic1669
curiological1814
cyriological1824
pictographic1851
1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 434 Cyriological Hieroglyphics, in which the figures were taken in a proper sense; as the image of a man was placed for a man.
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