HIEROGLYPHICAL

hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical

(adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols

hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical

(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hieroglyphical (comparative more hieroglyphical, superlative most hieroglyphical)

Related to or resembling hieroglyphs; hieroglyphic.

An hieroglyphical scrawl. — Sir Walter Scott.

Source: Wiktionary


Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. hiéroglyphique.]

1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.

2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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