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Meaning of
hieroglyphic
in English
hieroglyphic
us
//haɪˈrɑɡlɪfɪk//
uk
//haɪˈrɒglɪfɪk//
#uncommon
Definitions
Noun
a
writing
system
using
symbols
for
sounds
The
ancient
Egyptians
used
hieroglyphic
writing
to
record
their
history
.
secret
or
unreadable
writing
(
symbols
,
codes
,
etc
.)
The
mysterious
message
was
written
in
hieroglyphic
code
that
nobody
could
decipher
.
Adjective
relating
to
ancient
symbolic
writing
;
pictorial
characters
The
artist's
use
of
hieroglyphic
symbols
in
her
painting
added
an
air
of
mysticism
.
