The Collaborative International Dictionary
Semeiotic \Se`mei*ot"ic\ (s[=e]`m[-e]*[o^]t"[i^]k or s[e^]`m[-e]*[o^]t"[i^]k), or Semiotic \Se`mi*ot"ic\, a. [Gr. shmeiwtiko`s, fr. shmei^on a mark, a sign.]
Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
(Med.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
Semiotic \Se`mi*ot"ic\, a. Same as Semeiotic.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "of symptoms, relating to signs of diseases," from Greek semeiotikos "significant," also "observant of signs," adjective form of semeiosis "indication," from semeioun "to signal, to interpret a sign," from semeion "a sign, mark, token," from sema "sign" (see semantic). Its use in psychology dates to 1923. Related: Semiotical (1580s).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics. 2 (context medicine dated English) Of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases. alt. 1 Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics. 2 (context medicine dated English) Of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to semiotics; "semiotic analysis" [syn: semiotical]
Usage examples of "semiotic".
An allergy to flags or eagles would have reduced her to shut-in status: a species of semiotic agoraphobia.
University of Tartu achieved international renown for its development of semiotic and structuralist analysis.
This too shall pass—this age of semiotic deconstructive assaults on both the tale and the teller, this age of immature feminist fury and new-historicist contempt and post-Marxist vandalism aimed at any excellence that piques their political resentment.