hieroglyphical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective resembling hieroglyphic writing
    hieroglyphic.
  2. adjective written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
    hieroglyphic.

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