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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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