insignium
insignium noun: a symbol or sign of something.
Noun
insignium (plural insignia)
- A symbol or sign of something.
- In the mystery of the writing of language, the two had become the one; the stylus of the scribe was like the older Neolithic statues of the Great Mother carved on the phallus. The instrument of writing became the androgynous insignium for the sacred wedding of sexuality and language.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 22
Forms of insignium
| plural | insignia |
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Questions about insignium
- What does insignium mean?
- Insignium means a symbol or sign of something.
- What part of speech is insignium?
- Insignium is a noun.
- What is the plural of insignium?
- The plural of insignium is insignia.
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