Definition of Sematic

1. a. Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; -- applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.

Definition of Sematic

1. Adjective. (biology of the colouring of some insects etc) Acting as a sign of danger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sematic

1. serving as a warning [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sematic

semaphores
semaphoric
semaphorical
semaphorically
semaphorin
semaphoring
semaphorins
semaphorist
semaphorists
semasiographic
semasiography
semasiological
semasiologies
semasiology
semata
sematic (current term)
sematology
sematrope
sematropes
semblable
semblables
semblably
semblance
semblances
semblant
semblants
semblative
semblaunce
semblaunt
semble

Literary usage of Sematic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Psychology by J. D. Morell (1853)
"THE sematic POWER. Through the whole of this representative stage of the mind's activity, one main purpose has been steadily kept in view. ..."

2. Sounds and Signs: A Criticism of the Alphabet, with Suggestions for Reform by Archer Wilde (1914)
"The present sematic Alphabet consists of 40 signs and might be supposed equal to the task of denoting 40 sounds. But this is far from being the case, ..."

3. The Colours of Animals: Their Meaning and Use, Especially Considered in the by Edward Bagnall Poulton (1890)
"... the terms suggested convey the relationship to Warning or sematic Colours. The second head (sematic Colours) includes Warning Colours and ..."

4. Lectures on the Darwinian Theory Delivered by the Late Arthur Milnes Marshall by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1894)
"... resemble a flower or other attractive object, and so to entice the approach of prey. 2. sematic Coloration. sematic Coloration is the direct opposite of ..."

5. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"... but concepts themselves grow, and as they grow the sematic content of the corresponding word grows, or, in other cases, new words are used. ..."

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