English to English Dictionary -hieroglyphics

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Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a s

Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark..

Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) Alt. of Hieroglyphica.

Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk..

Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.

Hieroglyphically :: Hieroglyphically (adv.) In hieroglyphics.

Hieroglyphist :: Hieroglyphist (n.) One versed in hieroglyphics.