cuneatic, a.
(kjuːniːˈætɪk)
[f. L. cuneāt-us cuneate + -ic. Cf. hieratic.]
= cuneate, cuneiform a.
| 1851 Layard Pop. Acc. Discov. Nineveh Introd. xi, The epithets of cuneiform, cuneatic, arrow-headed..have been assigned to it. 1874 Sayce in Bibl. Arch. Soc. Trans. III. 465 At the beginning of cuneatic decipherment. |