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Definition of Pictographic
1. Adjective. Consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs. "Pictographic stage in the development of writing"
Definition of Pictographic
1. Adjective. Represented by pictures ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to pictographs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pictographic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pictographic
Literary usage of Pictographic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1907)
"(1) The figure of the cross appears frequently in the pictographic art of the
... (2) Distinct from crosses derived from the pictographic use of life and ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1919)
"A Case of pictographic Phenomena. A CASE OF pictographic PHENOMENA. BY JAMES H.
HYSLOP. Introduction. The following case is an unusually interesting one for ..."
3. The Oldest Civilization of Greece: Studies of the Mycenaean Age by Harry Reginald Hall (1901)
"Cypriote pictographic Inscription, from Enkomi. strongly it ... It has been
supposed to have been developed from the ancient pictographic system of Crete; ..."
4. Life After Death, Problems of the Future Life and Its Nature by James Hervey Hyslop (1918)
"The existence of pictographic imagery representing the transformation or transmission
of the communicator's thoughts into phantasms in the mind of control ..."
5. American Hero-myths: A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Daniel Garrison Brinton (1882)
"... MERCHANTS—THE PATRON OF THIEVES—His pictographic REPRESENTATIONS. \ 5. The,
Return of Quetzalcoatl. His EXPECTED RE-APPEARANCE—THE ANXIETY OF MONTEZUMA— ..."
6. Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1855)
"Position of the military post established at the mouth of the St. Peter's—Beauty,
salubrity, and fertility of the country—pictographic letter—Indian ..."
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