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cu·ne·i·form I. \kyüˈnēə̇ˌfȯrm, ˈkyünēə̇ˌ-, ˈkyünə̇ˌ-\ adjective Etymology: probably from French cunéiforme, from Middle French, from Latin cuneus wedge + Middle French -iforme -iform — more at culex 1. : of, relating to, or being any of several somewhat wedge-shaped chiefly skeletal elements: as a. : any of three small bones of the tarsus lying between the navicular and the first three metatarsals b. : the pyramidal bone of the wrist c. : either of a pair of rods of yellow elastic cartilage lying in the arytenoepiglottic folds of the larynx 2. of a human skull : wedge-shaped as viewed from above — used of a head type not uncommon in the Mediterranean subrace 3. a. : composed of strokes having the form of a wedge or arrowhead — used of the characters employed in a system of writing in which the strokes are formed by the impression of a stylus in soft clay or are written in some other medium but with strokes in imitation of ones impressed on clay b. : written in cuneiform characters — used of a document or of a language c. : made up of cuneiform characters < tablets … were written in an alphabetic cuneiform script — L.A.Weigle > II. noun 1. : cuneiform writing 2. : a cuneiform part; specifically : a cuneiform bone or cartilage [cuneiform 1] |