Writing Systems

noun a person who is learning or has recently learned the alphabet

adjective relating to or characteristic of a beginner in learning the alphabet

• The alphabetarian diligently studied the intricacies of phonetics and linguistics.
• My friend likes to call herself an alphabetarian because she's obsessed with learning new words.
• I didn't know you were such an alphabetarian, always correcting people's grammar.
• Becoming an alphabetarian in the world of finance means mastering the language of investments and markets.

noun a symbol or character that is used in writing or printing

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• The ancient manuscript contained intricate glyphs that were used to represent different words and concepts.
• I couldn't understand the meaning of those weird glyphs on the stone tablet.
• The graffiti artist's signature glyph was spray-painted all over the city.
• The glyph of a heart symbolizes love and affection in many cultures.

noun a character or symbol representing an idea or concept

adjective relating to or consisting of ideograms, characters that represent ideas or concepts

• The Chinese writing system is predominantly ideographic, with characters representing ideas rather than sounds.
• Learning ideographic characters can be challenging, but it's worth it to understand the meaning behind each symbol.
• I never understood those ideographic emojis people use, they seem so random to me.
• His art is like an ideographic language, each stroke and color representing a deeper meaning.

noun a set of written symbols representing syllables, typically used in some writing systems to represent a language's syllables

adjective relating to or using a syllabary

• The Cherokee syllabary is a writing system used to represent the Cherokee language.
• Learning a new syllabary can be challenging, but also rewarding.
• I'm trying to memorize the syllabary for my language class.
• The syllabary of emotions can be difficult to decipher in some people.

noun a person who is bound to the land and transferred with it

adjective describing something that is written or added below something else

• In feudal societies, serfs were considered adscript to the land they worked on.
• The workers on the farm were basically adscript to their boss.
• I feel like I'm adscript to this job, I can never get away.
• Her love for him felt adscript, as if it were written in the stars.