hieroglyph
pronunciation
How to pronounce hieroglyph in British English:
UK [ˈhaɪərəɡlɪf]
How to pronounce hieroglyph in American English:
US [ˈhaɪərəɡlɪf]
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- Noun:
- writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
Word Origin
- hieroglyph (n.)
- 1590s, shortening of hieroglyphic (n.), 1590s; see hieroglyphic.
Example
- 1. As a hieroglyph , it is a pig under a housetop .
- 2. Each picture , or hieroglyph , represents either an idea or a sound .
- 3. Came from a hieroglyph which had great mystical significance .
- 4. There is no one , not even the hermetics , who does not find in the symbols of the grand portal a satisfactory compendium of their science , of which the church of saint-jacques de la boucherie was so complete a hieroglyph .