• Lexigraph

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: ˈlÉ›ksəˌɡɹæf

    Origin

    lexi- + -graph

    Full definition of lexigraph

    Noun

    lexigraph

    (plural lexigraphs)
    1. A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
      • 2006, Noël J. Nickson and Laurence E. R. Picken, Music from the Tang Court: Some Ancient Connections Explored http://books.google.com/books?id=G6_voeVrDkwC, ISBN 1397805218, page 50:"Be that as it may, it is certain that the lexigraph for hayashi is not a Japanese creation, but a nowadays-forgotten Chinese character..."
      • 2006, James A.W. Heffernan, "Speaking for Pictures" in Writing and Seeing: Essays on Word and Image http://books.google.com/books?id=BrjM1PAUWCEC, ISBN 9042016981, page 43:"He does not want them to be read as we might read a lexigraph, a postmodern painting of words such as Joseph Kosuth's red..."
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