- plural of hieroglyphic.
hieroglyphics
Britishnoun
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a form of writing, esp as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds
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difficult or undecipherable writing
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Present-day writing that is hard to decipher or understand is sometimes jokingly called “hieroglyphics.”
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Casual and escalated into Saafir’s crew Hobo Junction taking on all of Hieroglyphics.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
The first show was a play called Hieroglyphics by Anne Donovan, author of Buddha Da.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
Hieroglyphics also had ways of adding context in the form of a set of mute symbols known as “classifiers.”
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2020
Hieroglyphics denoting a “TKO” - technical knock out -are above the skull.
From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2017
Cibber, was the mummy, curiously wrapt and folded with proper bandages, painted with false Egyptian Hieroglyphics, but however false the heraldry, his arms were at liberty.
From Three Hours after Marriage by Arbuthnot, John
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