pictographic

adjective

pic·​to·​graph·​ic

1

: consisting of or characterized by use of pictographs

a pictographic script

the pictographic stage in the development of writing

2

: being a pictograph

a pictographic character

3

: displaying the characteristics of a pictograph

a character in its primitive pictographic form

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary picto- + -graphic

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Rhymes for pictographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• cryptographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic