Synonyms for hieroglyphic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hahy-er-uh-glif-ik, hahy-ruh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ ər əˈglɪf ɪk, ˌhaɪ rə- |
Top 10 synonyms for hieroglyphic
Définition of hieroglyphic
Origin :- 1580s (adj. and n.), from Late Latin hieroglyphicus, from Greek hieroglyphikos "hieroglyphic; of Egyptian writing," from hieros "sacred" (see ire) + glyphe "carving," from glyphein "to carve" (see glyph). Plutarch began the custom of using the adjective (ta hieroglyphika) as a noun.
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- It's a long trail from the old plow factory to the hieroglyphic spring, Roger.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
- I was brought up to a farm life: it is surely no hieroglyphic to me.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- These months received each a name, and were of course designated by a hieroglyphic.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- But the Incas had no hieroglyphic or pictorial system of recording events.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- Specimens of their hieroglyphic writings have been given in the preceding chapter.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- It has, apparently, but one hieroglyphic, or symbolic figure.
- Extract from : « The Indian in his Wigwam » by Henry R. Schoolcraft
- He adds that there is another like hieroglyphic, which, as it is not very important, he will pass over.
- Extract from : « Ex Voto » by Samuel Bulter
- Its hieroglyphic name is Ankh, and its signification is “to live.”
- Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
- The hieroglyphic of this king is, in fact, an arrow striking heaven.
- Extract from : « The Indian Scout » by Gustave Aimard
- I have left to the last the subject of the hieroglyphic inscriptions.
- Extract from : « A Glimpse at Guatemala » by Anne Cary Maudslay
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