Hieroglyphic Definition
(by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
Other Word Forms of Hieroglyphic
Noun
Origin of Hieroglyphic
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First coined 1726, from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikos), from ἱερογλυφέω (hieroglupheō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hieros, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (gluphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”)
From Wiktionary
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French hiéroglyphique from Late Latin hieroglyphicus from Greek hierogluphikos hieros holy eis- in Indo-European roots gluphē carving (from gluphein to carve gleubh- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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