See Also: pictography(encyclopedia)

slubberdegullion (iou) and pictography (sh)


slubberdegullion (iou)



slubberdegullion noun. arch. E17.
[from SLUBBER verb with fanciful ending.]
A slobbering or dirty fellow; a sloven.

pictography (sh)




Expression of words and ideas through drawings (pictographs), considered a forerunner of true Writing.

Pictographs are drawn in a standardized way, omitting unnecessary details. A pictograph that stands for a specific idea or meaning is an ideogram; one that stands for an individual word is a logogram.