About The Word Hieroglyph
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Hieroglyph
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What's The Definition Of Hieroglyph?
[n] a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
[n] writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) Synonyms | Synonyms for Hieroglyph: hieroglyphic Related Terms | Find terms related to Hieroglyph: See Also | hieratic | hieratic script | orthography | writing | writing system Hieroglyph In Webster's Dictionary \Hi"er*o*glyph\, Hieroglyphic \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, n.
[Cf. F. hi['e]roglyphe. See {Hieroglyphic}, a.]
1. 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 symbol of truth; third,
the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables
of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain
sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.
2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have,
a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any
unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [Colloq.]
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