/glip"tik/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to carving or engraving on gems or the like.
n.
2. the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
[ 1810-20; glyptikós of engraving, of stone carving, equiv. to gly-pt ( ós ) carved (verbid of glýphein to engrave, hollow out) + -ikos -IC ]