hieroglyphical

hieroglyphical
    adj 1: resembling hieroglyphic writing [syn: {hieroglyphic},
           {hieroglyphical}]
    2: written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial
       symbols [syn: {hieroglyphic}, {hieroglyphical}]
    

Hieroglyphic \Hi`er*o*glyph"ic\, Hieroglyphical
\Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al\, a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. ?; "iero`s
   sacred + gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hi['e]roglyphique.]
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   1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters,
      pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a
      hieroglyphic obelisk.
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            Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his,
            hieroglyphical of wisest secrets.     --Prof.
                                                  Wilson.
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   2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An
      hieroglyphical scrawl." --Sir W. Scott.
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   3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [WordNet sense 1]
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