cuneal

American

[kyoo-nee-uhl] / ˈkyu ni əl /

adjective

wedgelike; wedge-shaped.

ˈcuneal British

/ ˈkjuːnɪəl /

adjective

wedge-shaped; cuneiform

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Etymology

Origin of cuneal

1570–80; < Latin cune ( us ) a wedge + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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Here the widely scattered heaps and mounds of brick, inscribed with the cuneal characters of Babylon, attest the existence and vast circumference of the mighty capital, of whose dimensions no European city, but the Asiatic cities only, can furnish an adequate idea.

From Project Gutenberg

Cuneal, kū′ne-al, Cuneate, kū′ne-āt, adj. of the form of a wedge.—adjs.

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