Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A system of language-signs adapted to universal use; a kind of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A system of universal writing, or a manner of writing that may be understood and used by all nations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun linguistics A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not
phonetic and usesideograms , such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas
Etymologies
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From Greek.
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Examples
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Such a system was composed by the Bishop Wilkins already referred to; Bacon had busied himself with a 'pasigraphy' long before; Leibnitz, Dalgaru,
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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It is also in contemplation to teach a blind pupil _pasigraphy_, or universal language, invented by DEMAIMIEUX.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
vanishedone commented on the word pasigraphy
If Wikipedia is to be believed, the aim of this 'is to be intelligible to persons of all languages', so it isn't really at home on the Cryptolects list. I'm going to make some other lists involving conlangs and writing systems, though, so I'm still glad to have had it brought to my attention.
November 11, 2008