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emblem

emb·lem

UK/ˈɛmbləm/ US/ˈembləm/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

2.

a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

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Origin

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.

Phrases

  • emblem book
  • national emblem

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