Dictionary entry

Emblematic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Em′blem‐at″ic (?), Em′blem‐at″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. emblématique.] 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.