Symblematic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Emblematic or characteristic. nonstandard

    "Sir, keep your plans; and if in secrecy they will work the end desired, if they will place the cross-bars of the Confederation among the symblematic emblems of independent nations, guard them, with all the wisdom of your suspecting nature, and treasure them, in the most sacred place of your ungrateful heart."

Example

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"Sir, keep your plans; and if in secrecy they will work the end desired, if they will place the cross-bars of the Confederation among the symblematic emblems of independent nations, guard them, with all the wisdom of your suspecting nature, and treasure them, in the most sacred place of your ungrateful heart."

Etymology

Blend of symbolic + emblematic or of symptomatic + emblematic.

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