Emblematic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emblematic \Em`blem*at"ic\, Emblematical \Em`blem*at"ic*al\, a.
     [Cf. F. embl['e]matique.]
     Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem;
     symbolic; typically representative; representing as an
     emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is
     emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. --


     {Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emblematic
       adj 1: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown
              is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as
              symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish"
              [syn: {emblematical}, {symbolic}, {symbolical}]
       2: being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free
          discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action
          exemplary of his conduct"; [syn: {exemplary}, {typic}]