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iconic definition

icon·ic (ī kän′ik)

adjective

  1. of, or having the nature of, an icon
  2. done in a fixed or conventional style: said of certain statues and busts

Etymology: LL iconicus < Gr eikonikos < eikōn, an image: see icon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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