Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

glyptic

Pronunciation: /ˈglɪptɪk/

Definition of glyptic

adjective

  • of or concerning carving or engraving.

Origin:

early 19th century: from French glyptique or Greek gluptikos, from gluptēs 'carver', from gluphein 'carve'

glyptic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of glyptic in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …