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curiologic
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curiologic, a. [Gr. kyriologiko`s speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics); ky`rios authoritative, proper + lo`gos word, thought. Cf. Cyriologic.].
Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol. [1913 Webster]
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