Cu-nē'i-fōrm or Cū'nī-fōrm, a.

a. [From Lat. cuneus, a wedge, and forma; Fr. cuneiforme, It. cuneiforme.]

1. Having the shape or form of a wedge;—especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrow-headed characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.
2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. “A cuneiform scholar.” Rawlinson.