hieroglyph
nounEtymology
First attested around 1598, a back-formation from hieroglyphic (1580s), from Middle French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós) (Plutarch τά ἱερογλυφικά [γράμματα] "hieroglyphic [writing]), ἱερόγλυφος (hierógluphos, “carver of hieroglyphs”) (Ptolemy), a compound of ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) and γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw-nṯr (“the god’s word”), nTr-md. By surface analysis, hiero- + glyph.
- derived from mdw-nṯr
- derived from ἱερογλυφικός
- derived from hieroglyphicus
- derived from hiéroglyphique
Definitions
An element (individual sign or glyph) of a hieroglyphic writing system.
- Hieroglyphs were discovered on the wall inside the temple.
- Mayan Hieroglyphs as Linguistic Evidence. In Third Palenque Round Table, 1978, vol. V, part 2, edited by Merle Greene Robertson, pp. 204-216.
Any obscure or baffling symbol.
- With your handwriting, it's no surprise the Prof can't read your hieroglyphs!
To represent by hieroglyphs.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hieroglyph. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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