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Blissymbols

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Etymology

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Blend of Bliss +‎ symbols.

Proper noun

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Blissymbols

  1. A constructed language using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War.
    Synonym: Blissymbolics
    • 2020, Carla Sinclair, Girl Genius, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
      In the 1970s, disabled people who couldn't write or speak—such as those with cerebral palsy—used Blissymbols to communicate by point to the drawings on a large board. It was time-consuming and required a person who knew Blissymbols to help translate.

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Noun

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Blissymbols

  1. plural of Blissymbol

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