hieroglyph
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First coined 1598, from hieroglyphic < Middle French hiéroglyphique < Latin hieroglyphicus < Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikos) < ἱερογλυφέω (hieroglupheō), “‘to represent hieroglyphically’”) < ἱερός (hieros), “‘sacred, holy’”) + γλύφω (gluphō), “‘to carve, to engrave, to cut out’”)
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hieroglyph (plural hieroglyphs)
- an element of an ideographic writing system
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element
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