ideographics

[IDEOGRAPHIC.] A system or method of writing in ideographs or ideographic characters. I-dě-og-ra-phy, s . [English ideograph ; - .] A system of ideographic writing; a treatise on writing in ideographic characters. "The symbol constantly recurs in painted or graven ideography."-Wilson: Prehistoric Man , ii. 139. i-de-o-logical, a. [Eng., ideolog ( y ); -ical .] Teaching, pertaining to, or in any way connected with the tenets of ideology (q. v.). "The ideological school is the natural daughter of Locke." Cousin: Elem. of Psychol . (ed. Henry), p. 37. fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, ber, and December, and the 15th day of March, May, July, and October. shortened into i. e. Id ěst, phr. (Lat.) That is; it is frequently Id-1-oc-ra-sỹ, s. [Gr. idios =peculiar to one's self, one's own, and krasis a mixture; Fr. idiocra sie , idiocrase .] A peculiarity of constitution or which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy. temperament; that temperament or constitution Id-i-o-crăt-Ic, Id-i-o-crat-Ic-al, a . [IDIOCRASY.] Peculiar in constitution or temperament; IMG:content-1445.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] frequency, idiotes.] [IDIOT.] The quality or state of being an idiot; want or defect of understanding; idiotcy. Idioělectric, a. & s. [Gr. idios =peculiar to one's self, and Eng. electric .] A. As adj .: A term applied to substances which are electric by virtue of their own peculiar properties, or which manifest electricity in their natural state. B. As subst.: A substance which becomes electric by friction. Id-i-o-graph, s. [ Gr.idiographos =written with peculiar to any individual; a trademark. one's own hand.] A mark, signature, or flourish taining to, resembling, or consisting of idiographs. Id-i-o-graphic, a. [Eng. idiograph; -ic.] Per Id-i-ol-a-try, s. [Gr. idios =peculiar to one's self, and latreia =worship.] Exce ive self-esteem; the worship of one's self. Id-1-om, *Id-1-ō-ma, *id-i-ome, s. [French idiome , from Lat. idiom a ; Gr. idiom a = an idiom, from idioo =to make one's own, idios =one's own, peculiar to one's self; Ital. & Sp. idiom a . Putten ham, in 1589, ranked this with words quite recently introduced into the language.] or relating to idiosyncrasy; of peculiar temperament or disposition. "His lordship's idiosyncratick terrors, the terrors of a future state."-War burton: The Divine Legation , bk. ii. (App.) idiot a ; Gr. idiotes =(1) a man in private life, as conId-i-ot, *id-e-ot, s. & a. [Fr. idiot , from Latin tradistinguished from one occupying an official position, it being presumed that the highest intellect and education-nay, all the education-would be found in the government service; (2) an uneducated, an unlettered man; idios -private, one's own; Sp. & Ital. idiot a .] A. As substantive: IMG:content-1446.png:[blocks in formation] that pictures are the scripture of idiots and simple persons." -Huntley: Sermons Against Peril of Idolatry. 3. A human being weak or deficient in understanding; one who is destitute of reason or the intellectual powers; one who either naturally or from sickne , ., is weak in the intellect, so as to have no lucid intervals of reason, as distinguished from a lunatic who has such lucid intervals. "An idiot , or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity." - Black stone : Comment., bk. i., ch. 8. The average weight of the brain in a healthy adult man is 48 oz. 3 lbs. avoirdupois. One adult male idiot had a brain weighing 28 oz.; another, 13 oz. 2 dr. 4. A stupid, silly person; a fool. "The host of idiots that infest her age." Byron: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. B. As adj .: Idiotic; suffering from or afflicted with idiocy; like an idiot. "His wonder witne ed with an idiot laugh." Dryden: Cymon and Iphigenia, 112. 1. A mode of expre ion peculiar to a language; a peculiarity of expre ion or phraseology; a phrase stamped by the usage of a language or of an author with a signification other than or beyond its gram- For che difference between idiot and fool , see matical or logical one. FOOL. idiotcy Id-i-ot-çỹ, s. [IDIOCY.]