About The Word Hieroglyphic

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Hieroglyphic

Hieroglyphic Meaning & Definition
Hieroglyphic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hieroglyphic?

[n] a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
[n] writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
[adj] written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
[adj] resembling hieroglyphic writing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hieroglyphic: hieroglyph | hieroglyphical

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hieroglyphic: alphabet | arrowhead | art | blueprint | character | charactering | characterization | chart | choreography | conventional representation | cuneiform | dance notation | delineation | demonstration | demotic character | depiction | depictment | determinative | diagram | drama | drawing | exemplification | figuration | grammalogue | hieratic symbol | hieroglyph | hieroglyphics | hiragana | iconography | ideogram | ideograph | illustration | imagery | imaging | kana | katakana | letter | limning | logogram | logograph | map | musical notation | notation | ogham | phonetic | phonetic symbol | pictogram | pictograph | picturization | plan | portraiture | portrayal | prefigurement | presentment | printing | projection | radical | realization | rendering | rendition | representation | rune | schema | score | script | shorthand | syllabary | symbol | tablature | wedge | word letter | writing

See Also | hieratic | hieratic script | orthography | writing | writing system

Hieroglyphic In Webster's Dictionary

\Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, Hieroglyphical

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