- kuriologic
- Kyriological Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al, a. [See {Curiologic}.]
Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or
alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
the pure elementary sounds. See {Curiologic}. [Written also
{curiologic} and {kuriologic}.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.