English-Thai Dictionary

hieroglyphic

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ อักษร อียิปต์ โบรา ณ  kiao-kab-ak-son-e-yib-bo-ran

 

hieroglyphical

A ที่ เข้าใจ และ ดูออก ได้ ยาก  เกี่ยวกับ อิยิปต์ โบรา ณ 

 

hieroglyphically

ADV อ ย่างเข้า ใจ และ ดูออก ได้ ยาก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIEROGLYPHIC, HIEROGLYPHICAL

a.Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures or figures, as hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.

 

HIEROGLYPHICALLY

adv. Emblematically; by characters or pictures expressive of facts or moral qualities. The Mexicans wrote history hieroglyphically.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HIEROGLYPHIC; HIEROGLYPHICAL

Hi `er *o *glyph "ic, Hi `er *o *glyph "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. hieroglyphicus,Gr. hiéroglyphique.]

 

1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.

 

2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl. " Sir W. Scott.

 

HIEROGLYPHICALLY

HIEROGLYPHICALLY Hi `er *o *glyph `ic *ally, adv.

 

Defn: In hieroglyphics.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hieroglyphic

hi er o glyph ic |ˌhī (ə )rəˈglifik ˈˌhaɪ (ə )rəˈˌɡlɪfɪk | ▶noun (hieroglyphics ) writing consisting of hieroglyphs. • enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing: tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics. ▶adjective of or written in hieroglyphs. • (esp. in art ) stylized, symbolic, or enigmatic in effect. DERIVATIVES hi er o glyph i cal adjective, hi er o glyph i cal ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French hiéroglyphique, from Greek hierogluphikos, from hieros ‘sacred ’ + gluphē ‘carving. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

hieroglyphic

hiero |glyph ¦ic |hʌɪrəˈglɪfɪk | ▶noun (hieroglyphics ) writing consisting of hieroglyphs. • enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing: notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics. ▶adjective of or written in hieroglyphs. • of the nature of a hieroglyph; symbolic or enigmatic. DERIVATIVES hieroglyphical adjective, hieroglyphically adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French hiéroglyphique, from Greek hierogluphikos, from hieros ‘sacred ’ + gluphē ‘carving ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hieroglyphic

hieroglyphic noun (hieroglyphics ) 1 his exploits were recorded in hieroglyphics on a stone monument: symbols, signs, ciphers, code; cryptograms, cryptographs, runes. 2 tattered notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics: scribble, scrawl, illegible writing, squiggles, jottings, writing, shorthand. ▶adjective 1 the piece is inlaid with hieroglyphic brass ornamentation: symbolic, stylized, figurative, emblematic. 2 he wrote the prescription in hieroglyphic handwriting: illegible, indecipherable, unreadable, scribbled, scrawled, squiggly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hieroglyphic

hi er o glyph ic /hàɪ (ə )rəɡlɪ́fɪk /名詞 〖～s 〗1 (古代エジプトなどの )絵文字, 象形文字 .2 ｟くだけて ｠みみずのはったような文字 .形容詞 象形文字の .