HIEROGLYPHED
Etymology
Adjective
hieroglyphed (not comparable)
Inscribed with hieroglyphs.
Source: Wiktionary
HIEROGLYPH
Hi"er*o*glyph, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hiéroglyphe. 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition