iconomical

English edit

Alternative forms edit

iconomachal

Etymology edit

Ancient Greek [Term?]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌaɪkəˈnɒmɪkəl/

Adjective edit

iconomical (comparative more iconomical, superlative most iconomical)

(obsolete) Opposed to the worship of pictures or images.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
  We should be too Iconomical or quarrelsom with Pictures to question the pictures of the winds, as commonly drawn in humane heads, and with their cheeks distended […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “iconomical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)