˜yÐÄvlog

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cuneal

[ kyoo-nee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. wedgelike; wedge-shaped.


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/ ˈ°ìÂá³Ü˲Ôɪə±ô /

adjective

  1. wedge-shaped; cuneiform
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuneal1

1570–80; < Latin cune ( us ) a wedge + -al 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuneal1

C16: from New Latin ³¦³Ü²Ô±ðÄå±ô¾±²õ, from cuneus wedge
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Here the widely scattered heaps and mounds of brick, inscribed with the cuneal characters of Babylon, attest the existence and vast circumference of the mighty capital, of whose dimensions no European city, but the Asiatic cities only, can furnish an adequate idea.

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Cuneal, kū′ne-al, Cuneate, kū′ne-Ät, adj. of the form of a wedge.—adjs.

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