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HIEROGLYPHIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

Synonyms:

hieroglyph; hieroglyphic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hieroglyphic" is a kind of...):

orthography; writing system (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hieroglyphic"):

hieratic; hieratic script (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests)

Derivation:

hieroglyphic (written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

Synonyms:

hieroglyph; hieroglyphic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hieroglyphic" is a kind of...):

writing (letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language)

Derivation:

hieroglyphic (resembling hieroglyphic writing)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols

Synonyms:

hieroglyphic; hieroglyphical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

hieroglyph (a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt)

Derivation:

hieroglyphic (a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling hieroglyphic writing

Synonyms:

hieroglyphic; hieroglyphical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

hieroglyph (writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible))

Derivation:

hieroglyphic (writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible))

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