Curiologic

Cu′ri‐o‐log″ic (–?–l?j″?k), a. [Gr. κυριολογικόσ speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics); κύριοσ authoritative, proper + λόγοσ word, thought. Cf. Cyriologic.] Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.