cuneiform
[kyoo-nee-uh-fawrm, kyoo-nee-uh-]
adjective
having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and others.
written in cuneiform characters: cuneiform inscription.
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to any of various wedge-shaped bones, as of the tarsus.
noun
cuneiform characters or writing.
a cuneiform bone.
Also cuniform.
Origin of cuneiform
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print, handwriting, script, calligraphy, chirography, hand, scrawl, scribble, autograph, shorthand, hieroglyphics, longhand, ideography, runes, symbologyExamples from the Web for cuneiform
Historical Examples of cuneiform
About the universe which I inhabited I knew as little as I did about cuneiform writings.
A Labrador DoctorWilfred Thomason Grenfell
Keilschriften, p. 129; and the same author's Cuneiform Inscrip.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow
The d of Dagon would be represented by d in cuneiform writing.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow
This account of Berosus is now confirmed by the cuneiform records.
The Religion of Babylonia and AssyriaMorris Jastrow
Truly these cuneiform characters were strange and difficult to decipher!
Celebrated Travels and TravellersJules Verne
cuneiform
adjective
noun
Word Origin for cuneiform
C17: probably from Old French cunéiforme, from Latin cuneus wedge
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cuneiform
[kyōō′nē-ə-fôrm′, kyōō-nē′-]
adj.
n.
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