iconomatic

adjective

icono·​mat·​ic

variants or ikonomatic

(¦)ī¦känə¦matik,

¦īkən-

: of or relating to a form of writing believed to be intermediate between picture writing and phonetic writing in which pictures or signs stand not for objects themselves but for their names considered as phonetic elements only

iconomatically

-tə̇k(ə)lē

adverb

Word History

Etymology

icon- + onomat-, onoma name + English -ic

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