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Webster 1913 Edition
Hieroglyphical
{
Hiˊer-o-glyph′ic
,Hiˊer-o-glyph′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
hieroglyphicus
, Gr. [GREEK]; ἱερόσ
sacred + γλύφειν
to carve: cf. F. hiéroglyphique
.] 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.
Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
“An hieroglyphical scrawl.” Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hieroglyphical
HIEROGLYPH'ICAL
,Adj.