ˈjōˌmän adjective
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Japanese jōmon straw rope pattern; from the characteristic method of forming designs on pottery of the period
: of, relating to, or typical of a Japanese neolithic cultural period extending from about the 5th or 4th millennium B.C. or earlier to about 200 B.C. and characterized especially by elaborately ornamented hand-formed unglazed pottery ( Jomon ware )