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Webster 1913 Edition

(-?-l?j′?k)

Adj.

[Gr.

κυριολογικόσ

speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics);

κύριοσ

authoritative, proper +

λόγοσ

word, thought. Cf.

Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.

Adj.

[Gr., propriety of speaking.] Designating a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture.

curiologic ‎(not comparable)