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Hieroglyphic
/ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/
(chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
📖 Definitions of "Hieroglyphic"
noun
- 1
(chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
- 2
Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
- 3
(by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
"hieroglyphic obelisk"
- 2
Difficult to decipher
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