hieroglyph

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Egyptian hieroglyphs typical of the Graeco-Roman period.

Etymology

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 "hieroglyphic ), 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”),
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.[1] By surface analysis, hiero- +‎ glyph.

Pronunciation

Noun

hieroglyph (plural hieroglyphs)

  1. An element of a hieroglyphic writing system, an individual sign or glyph.
    Hieroglyphs were discovered on the wall inside the temple.
  2. (informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol.
    With your handwriting, it's no surprise the Prof can't read your hieroglyphs!

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Verb

hieroglyph (third-person singular simple present hieroglyphs, present participle hieroglyphing, simple past and past participle hieroglyphed)

  1. To represent by hieroglyphs.

References

  1. ^ James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 2, 177.
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