Associations to the word «Cyrillic»

Wiktionary

CYRILLIC, adjective. Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.
CYRILLIC, proper noun. The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

Dictionary definition

CYRILLIC, noun. An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages).
CYRILLIC, adjective. Relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages; "Cyrillic writing".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats