hieroglyphic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
    hieroglyph.
  2. noun a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
    hieroglyph.
  3. adjective resembling hieroglyphic writing
    hieroglyphical.
  4. adjective written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
    hieroglyphical.

WordNet

Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Hieroglyphic
  • Hieroglyphical
)
Etymology
L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. sacred + to carve: cf. F. hiéroglyphique.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913