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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Hieroglyphic

/hīrˌ-ōg-lĭf'-ĭk/ · Hi·er·o·glyph·ic · IPA /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/
01 a. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
  1. 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. 2.
    Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
  3. 3.
    of or pertaining to hieroglyphs.