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   hi·er·o·glyph·ic

   /ˌhī(ə)rəˈɡlifik/

   noun

   • 1. writing consisting of hieroglyphs: "without the Rosetta Stone, it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery" Similar symbolssignscipherscodecryptogramscryptographsrunes
   • ▪ enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing: "tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics" Similar scribblescrawlillegible writingsquigglesjottingswritingshorthand

   adjective

   • 1. of or written in hieroglyphs: "hieroglyphic script"
   • ▪ (especially in art) stylized, symbolic, or enigmatic in effect. Similar symbolicstylizedfigurativeemblematic

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French hiéroglyphique, from Greek hierogluphikos, from hieros ‘sacred’ + gluphē ‘carving’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hieroglyphical adjective
   • 2. hieroglyphically adverb

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