hieroglyphic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
hieroglyphic
adj.
of or pertaining to a hieroglyph; written in hieroglyphics (pictographic script of the ancient Egyptians); hard to decipher
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Egyptian Hieroglyphs refers to:
Egyptian hieroglyphs
hieroglyphic
Noun
1. writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
(synonym) hieroglyph
(hypernym) writing
2. a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
(synonym) hieroglyph
(hypernym) orthography, writing system
(hyponym) hieratic, hieratic script
Adjective
1. resembling hieroglyphic writing
(synonym) hieroglyphical
(pertainym) hieroglyph
2. written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
(synonym) hieroglyphical
(pertainym) hieroglyph
hieroglyphic
příd.jm.
hieroglyfický
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.
(a.)
Alt. of Hieroglyphical
(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 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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