| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | se·mi·ot·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s  m- t  k, s m-, sm - |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also se·mi·ot·i·cal (--k l) or se·mei·ot·ic (sm-, sm-, sm-) also se·mei·ot·i·cal (--kl) |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or relating to semantics. 2. Relating to symptomatology. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek smei tikos, observant of signs, significant, from smeisis, indication, from smeioun, to signal, to interpret as a sign, from smeion, sign, from sma. | | OTHER FORMS: | semi·oti·cal·ly —ADVERB
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