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hieroglyphic
hi·er·o·glyph·ic H0190100 (hī′ər-ə-glĭf′ĭk, hī′rə-) also hi·er·o·glyph·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj.1. a. Of, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.b. Written with such symbols.2. Difficult to read or decipher.n.1. a. A hieroglyph.b. often hieroglyphics(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Hieroglyphic writing, especially that of the ancient Egyptians.2. Something, such as illegible or undecipherable writing, that is felt to resemble a hieroglyph.
[French hiéroglyphique, from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Greek hierogluphikos : hieros, holy; see eis- in Indo-European roots + gluphē, carving (from gluphein, to carve; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots).]
hi′er·o·glyph′i·cal·ly adv.hieroglyphic (ˌhaɪərəˈɡlɪfɪk) adj1. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) of or relating to a form of writing using picture symbols, esp as used in ancient Egypt2. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) written with hieroglyphic symbols3. difficult to read or deciphern4. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a picture or symbol representing an object, concept, or sound5. a symbol or picture that is difficult to read or decipher[C16: from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Greek hierogluphikos, from hiero- + gluphē carving, from gluphein to carve] ˌhieroˈglyphically adv hieroglyphist nhi•er•o•glyph•ic (ˌhaɪ ər əˈglɪf ɪk, ˌhaɪ rə-)
adj. Also, hi`er•o•glyph′i•cal. 1. of or designating a pictographic script, as that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized pictures of the things represented. 2. inscribed with hieroglyphic symbols. 3. hard to decipher; hard to read. n. 4. Also, hi′er•o•glyph`. a hieroglyphic symbol. 5. Usu., hieroglyphics. hieroglyphic writing. 6. a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning. 7. hieroglyphics, characters or symbols that are difficult to decipher. [1575–85; < Late Latin hieroglyphicus < Greek hieroglyphikós pertaining to sacred writing. See hiero-, glyph, -ic] hi`er•o•glyph′i•cal•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  hieroglyphic - writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)hieroglyphwriting - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" | | 2. | hieroglyphic - a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypthieroglyphorthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbolshieratic, hieratic script - a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests | | Adj. | 1. | hieroglyphic - resembling hieroglyphic writinghieroglyphical | | 2. | hieroglyphic - written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbolshieroglyphical |
hieroglyphicadjective1. indecipherable, obscure, figurative, runic, symbolical, enigmatical carved funerary vases containing hieroglyphic textsplural noun1. hieroglyphs, signs, symbols, code, ciphers, cryptograms, cryptographs He could read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.hieroglyphicadjectiveOf or relating to representation by drawings or pictures:graphic, illustrative, photographic, pictographic, pictorial.Translationshieroglyphic
hieroglyphic (hī'rəglĭf`ĭk, hī'ərə–) [Gr.,=priestly carving], type of writingwriting,
the visible recording of language peculiar to the human species. Writing enables the transmission of ideas over vast distances of time and space and is a prerequisite of complex civilization.
..... Click the link for more information. used in ancient EgyptEgypt
, Arab. Misr, biblical Mizraim, officially Arab Republic of Egypt, republic (2015 est. pop. 93,778,000), 386,659 sq mi (1,001,449 sq km), NE Africa and SW Asia.
..... Click the link for more information. . Similar pictographic styles of Crete, Asia Minor, and Central America and Mexico are also called hieroglyphics (see Minoan civilizationMinoan civilization
, ancient Cretan culture representing a stage in the development of the Aegean civilization. It was named for the legendary King Minos of Crete by Sir Arthur Evans, the English archaeologist who conducted excavations there in the early 20th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Anatolian languagesAnatolian languages
, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see The Indo-European Family of Languages, table); the term "Anatolian languages" is also used to refer to all languages, Indo-European and non-Indo-European, that were spoken in Anatolia in ancient times.
..... Click the link for more information. ; MayaMaya
, indigenous people of S Mexico and Central America, occupying an area comprising the Yucatán peninsula and much of the present state of Chiapas in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, parts of El Salvador, and extreme western Honduras.
..... Click the link for more information. ; AztecAztec
, Indian people dominating central Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest. Their language belonged to the Nahuatlan subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages. They arrived in the Valley of Mexico from the north toward the end of the 12th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Interpretation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, begun by Jean-François ChampollionChampollion, Jean François
, 1790–1832, French linguist and Egyptologist. He is considered the founder of the science of Egyptology. His first important accomplishment was his two-volume work on the geography of ancient Egypt, which appeared when he was 24.
..... Click the link for more information. , is virtually complete; the other hieroglyphics are not nearly as well understood. The distinguishing feature of hieroglyphics is that they are conventionalized pictures used chiefly to represent meanings that seem arbitrary and are seldom obvious. Egyptian hieroglyphics appear in several stages: the first dynasty (3110–2884 B.C.), when they were already perfected; the Old Kingdom; the Middle Kingdom, when they were beginning to go out of use; the New Empire, when they were no longer well understood by the scribes; and the late hieroglyphics (from 500 B.C.), when the use of them was a tour de force. With a basic number of 604 symbols, hieroglyphics were written in several directions, including top to bottom, but usually from right to left with the pictographs facing the beginning of the line. There were in general three uses to which a given hieroglyphic might be put (though very few were used for all three purposes): as an ideogram, as when a sign resembling a man meant "man" or a closely connected idea (thus a man carrying something meant "carrying"); as a phonogram, as when an owl represented the sound m, because the word for owl had m for its principal consonant; or as a determinative, an unpronounced symbol placed after an ambiguous sign to indicate its classification (e.g., an eye to indicate that the preceding word has to do with looking or seeing). As hieroglyphic developed, most words came to require determinatives. The phonograms were, of course, the controlling factor in the progress of hieroglyphic writing, because of the fundamental convenience of an alphabetalphabet
[Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing, theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the Middle Kingdom a developed cursive, the hieratic, was extensively used for private documents where writing speed was essential. In the last centuries B.C. a more developed style, the demotic, supplanted the hieratic. Where the origin of most hieratic characters could be plainly seen in the hieroglyphics, the demotics were too conventionalized to bear any resemblance to the hieroglyphics from which they had sprung. Bibliography See A. H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar (3d ed. 1957); N. Davies, Picture Writing in Ancient Egypt (1958); E. A. Budge, Egyptian Language (8th ed. 1966); H. G. Fischer, Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy (1983); W. V. Davies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics (1988). hieroglyphic1. of or relating to a form of writing using picture symbols, esp as used in ancient Egypt 2. written with hieroglyphic symbols 3. a picture or symbol representing an object, concept, or sound hieroglyphic
Synonyms for hieroglyphicadj indecipherableSynonyms- indecipherable
- obscure
- figurative
- runic
- symbolical
- enigmatical
noun hieroglyphsSynonyms- hieroglyphs
- signs
- symbols
- code
- ciphers
- cryptograms
- cryptographs
Synonyms for hieroglyphicadj of or relating to representation by drawings or picturesSynonyms- graphic
- illustrative
- photographic
- pictographic
- pictorial
Synonyms for hieroglyphicnoun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)SynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a writing system using picture symbolsSynonymsRelated Words- orthography
- writing system
- hieratic
- hieratic script
adj resembling hieroglyphic writingSynonymsadj written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbolsSynonyms |