signwriting

noun

Etymology

From sign + writing.

  1. derived from wrītan — “to scratch, carve, write
  2. inherited from wrītende
  3. inherited from writinge
  4. compounded as signwriting — “sign + writing

Definitions

  1. Any form of clear lettering designed to be used on signs.

    • Dieter walked along a broad corridor. Each door was clearly labeled in neat German signwriting, but Dieter looked inside anyway.
  2. The art or process of writing signs.

    • Much modern signwriting is also done very cheaply, in the fastest possible way, and creativity is constrained by this commercial pressure as well.
  3. A writing system used to depict sign languages.

    • Formal SignWriting is one particular computerized design for Sutton SignWriting that envisions a sign as a two part word.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for signwriting. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA