Hieroglyphical

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hieroglyphic \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, Hieroglyphical
  \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al\, a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. ?; "iero`s
     sacred + gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hi['e]roglyphique.]
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     1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters,
        pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a


        hieroglyphic obelisk.
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              Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his,
              hieroglyphical of wisest secrets.     --Prof.
                                                    Wilson.
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     2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An
        hieroglyphical scrawl." --Sir W. Scott.
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     3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [WordNet sense 1]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hieroglyphical
       adj 1: resembling hieroglyphic writing [syn: {hieroglyphic}]
       2: written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial
          symbols [syn: {hieroglyphic}]