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   Cu·ne·i·form

   /kyo͞oˈnēəˌfôrm/

   

   adjective

   • 1. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets: "a cuneiform inscription"
   • ▪ denoting three bones of the tarsus (ankle) between the navicular bone and the metatarsals.
   • ▪ wedge-shaped: "the eggs are cuneiform"

   noun

   • 1. cuneiform writing: "a Mesopotamian script pre-dating cuneiform"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French cunéiforme or modern Latin cuneiformis, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. Cuneiform scripts are marked by and named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: cuneus) which form their signs.

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