Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

iconographical

 - 2 dictionary results

i⋅con⋅o⋅graph⋅ic

[ahy-kon-uh-graf-ik]
–adjective
of or pertaining to iconography.
Also, i⋅con⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal.


Origin:
1850–55; icono- + -graphic
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To iconographical
i·co·nog·ra·phy   (ī'kə-nŏg'rə-fē)   
n.   pl. i·co·nog·ra·phies
    1. Pictorial illustration of a subject.

    2. The collected representations illustrating a subject.

  1. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized work of art.

  2. A treatise or book dealing with iconography.


[Late Latin īconographia, description, verbal sketch, from Medieval Greek eikonographiā : eikono-, icono- + -graphiā, -graphy.]
i'co·nog'ra·pher n., i·con'o·graph'ic (ī-kŏn'ə-grāf'ĭk), i·con'o·graph'i·cal adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see iconographical on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: