significs

[ sig-nif-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. semantics ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of significs¹

First recorded in 1896; signif(y) + -ics

Example Sentences

De signifies down or from; epi significs on, near, during; and ex has the meaning out of.

From Project Gutenberg

You would begin to talk of scientific languages, of Esperanto, La Langue Bleue, New Latin, Volapuk, and Lord Lytton, of the philosophical language of Archbishop Whateley, Lady Welby's work upon Significs and the like.

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This was published by Charles Hardwick as Semiotics and Significs.

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