Pictographic
[,piktә'græfik]
Definition
(adj.) consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs; 'a pictographic script'; 'pictographic stage in the development of writing' .
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Examples
- It ceased to be pictographic or ideographic; it became simply a pure sound-sign system, an _alphabet_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From such pictographic signs to the first elements of Chinese writing is not a very long stretch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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