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[syn: emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Emblematic \Em`blem*at"ic\, Emblematical \Em`blem*at"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. embl['e]matique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem;
symbolic; typically representative; representing as an
emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is
emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. --
Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
emblematical
adj 1: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a
crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was
as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish"
[syn: emblematic, emblematical, symbolic,
symbolical]