hieroglyphic
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hieroglyphic
- /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/
Rhymes with -ɪfɪk
Where it comes from
First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic.
noun hieroglyphics · hieroglyphick
- A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
- Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. I must say, that, at the coronation, there was little vestige left as possible "of the charms that pleased a king." "She looked," Lady Mary Wortley said, "like an Egyptian mummy, wrought with hieroglyphics of gold."
- Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but als
adjective more hieroglyphic · most hieroglyphic · hieroglyphick
- Of, relating to, or written with such a system of symbols. the hieroglyphic writing of ancient Egypt
- Difficult to decipher.
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noun a writing system
| Español | jeroglífico |
|---|---|
| Italiano | geroglifico |
| Русский | иерогли́фика ijeroglífika |
| עברית | כתב חרטומים \ כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים k'tav khartumím |
adj of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
| 한국어 | 상형문자의 sanghyeongmunjaui |
|---|---|
| Français | hiéroglyphique |
| Deutsch | hieroglyphisch |
| Italiano | geroglifico |
| Русский | иероглифи́ческий ijeroglifíčeskij |
adj difficult to decipher
| Deutsch | hieroglyphisch |
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Talk about this word "hieroglyphic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hieroglyphic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hieroglyphic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hieroglyphic "hieroglyphic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hieroglyphic.Cite this
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