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hieroglyphical (encz) | hieroglyphical,hieroglyfický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hieroglyphical (gcide) | Hieroglyphic \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, Hieroglyphical
\Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al\, a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. ?; "iero`s
sacred + gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hi['e]roglyphique.]
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1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters,
pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a
hieroglyphic obelisk.
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Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his,
hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. --Prof.
Wilson.
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2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An
hieroglyphical scrawl." --Sir W. Scott.
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3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [WordNet sense 1]
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hieroglyphical (wn) | hieroglyphical
adj 1: resembling hieroglyphic writing [syn: hieroglyphic,
hieroglyphical]
2: written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial
symbols [syn: hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical] |
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