Hieroglyphic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.
  • adj. Written with such symbols.
  • adj. Difficult to read or decipher.
  • n. A hieroglyph.
  • n. Hieroglyphic writing, especially that of the ancient Egyptians. Often used in the plural with a singular or plural verb.
  • n. Something, such as illegible or undecipherable writing, that is felt to resemble a hieroglyph.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
  • n. any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
  • n. undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol
  • adj. of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
  • adj. difficult to decipher
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures
  • adj. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
  • adj. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Expressed in hieroglyphs; written in or inscribed with symbolic characters: as, the hieroglyphic language of Egypt; hieroglyphic records; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
  • Mysteriously symbolic or emblematic; hard to decipher or interpret.
  • In entomology, having distinct, irregular color-markings, suggestive of Egyptian hieroglyphs: applied to the elytra of certain Coleoptera, etc.
  • n. Same as hieroglyph.
  • Of or pertaining to certain vermiform structures which occur in the flysch, in Carpathian sandstone, and in the marine facies of the Cretaceous and Jurassic formations of the Alps. See II, 2.
  • n. One of certain vermiform structures, abundant in the Cretaceous and Jurassic rocks of some countries, probably in part the trails of mollusks or worms.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
  • adj. resembling hieroglyphic writing
  • adj. written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
  • n. writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
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    cursive    hieroglyphical    hieratic    runic    legible    Mayan    calligraphic    demotic    Phoenician    phallic