hieroglyphic
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English [edit]
Hieroglyphs typical of the Graeco-Roman period.
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Etymology [edit]
First coined 1726, from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikos), from ἱερογλυφέω (hieroglupheō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hieros, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (gluphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”)
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Noun [edit]
Wikipedia hieroglyphic (plural hieroglyphics)
- (chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
- any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
- (by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol
Adjective [edit]
hieroglyphic (comparative more hieroglyphic, superlative most hieroglyphic)
- of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
- hieroglyphic writing
- hieroglyphic obelisk
- difficult to decipher
Translations [edit]
of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
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difficult to decipher
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