hieroglyphical
51symbolic — a.; (also symbolical) Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative …
52illegible — adj unreadable, indecipherable, undecipherable, unintelligible, clear as mud; hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical, hard to read; scrawled, scrawly, scribbled, Sl. scribbly, squiggly …
53indecipherable — adj 1. illegible, unreadable, undecipherable; unclear, Inf. clear as mud, indistinct, indistinguishable, undistinguishable, unrecognizable; blotted, blurred, smudged; (all of writing) cramped, squeezed, squeezed together, pinched; {all of… …
54undecipherable — adj 1. illegible, unreadable, indecipherable; unclear, Inf. clear as mud, indistinct, indistinguishable, undistinguishable, unrecognizable; blotted, blurred, smudged; (all of writing) cramped, squeezed, squeezed together, pinched; run on, run… …
55Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner — (1797 1875) Egyptologist, s. of a Westmoreland clergyman, studied at Oxf. In 1821 he went to Egypt, and remained there and in Nubia exploring, surveying, and studying the hieroglyphical inscriptions, on which he made himself one of the great… …
56hieroglyphic — /haɪərəˈglɪfɪk / (say huyuhruh glifik) adjective Also, hieroglyphical. 1. designating or relating to a writing system, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalised pictures of the things they stand …
57hieroglyphic — ► NOUN (hieroglyphics) ▪ writing consisting of hieroglyphs. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of or written in hieroglyphs. DERIVATIVES hieroglyphical adjective. ORIGIN Greek hierogluphikos, from hieros sacred + gluph carving …
58hieroglyphic — [hī΄ər ō΄glif′ik, hī΄rə glif′ik] adj. [Fr hiéroglyphique < LL hieroglyphicus < Gr hieroglyphikos < hieros, sacred (see HIERO ) + glyphein, to carve, hollow out: see GLYPH] 1. of, or having the nature of, hieroglyphics 2. written in… …
59hieroglyphic — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or written in hieroglyphs. 2 symbolical. n. (in pl.) hieroglyphs; hieroglyphic writing. Derivatives: hieroglyphical adj. hieroglyphically adv. Etymology: F hieacuteroglyphique or LL hieroglyphicus f. Gk hieroglyphikos (as… …
