hieroglyphicaladj.

/hʌɪərəʊˈɡlɪfɪkəl/

Etymology: formed as hieroglyphic v. + -al suffix¹.

a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of hieroglyphics; like the Egyptian picture-writing.

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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > relating to hieroglyphics > of the nature of or written in

hieroglyphic1585

hieroglyphical1605

hieroglyphed1881

1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 50 These letters were but Hyeroglyphicall, like to the letters of the Egiptians, not Abcdarye letters, but shapes and Images of beastes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gierogliphique, gierogliphicall; of, or belonging to, Gierogliphickes.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 55 Obeliskes with hierogliphicall inscriptions, carried from Hieropolis..to Rome.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 307 Hieroglyphical Writing in all its Varieties.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxiv. 360 The Aztec manuscripts or hieroglyphical pictures preserved in the house of the viceroys.

b. Relating to, or dealing with, hieroglyphics.

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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > relating to hieroglyphics

hieroglyphical1823

1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 479/1 By the most hieroglyphical Egyptian.

1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 165 The hieroglyphical readings of Champollion and his successors.

2. Symbolical, emblematic; = hieroglyphic adj. 2.

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1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 189 The nyne Muses..painted vpon the wall..would serue him for places of memorie, or for hieroglyphicall partitions.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. v. §4. 49 To this challenge the Scythian returned an Hieroglyphicall answere; sending a Bird, a Frog, a Mouse, and fiue Arrowes.

1672 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 497 Gilding y^e diall..and y^e Hieroglyphical Triangle.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2501/3 (Ld. May or's Shew) The Rich Adornments of the Pageants, and Hieroglyphical Representations.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 64. ¶1 A good Courtier's Habit and Behaviour is hieroglyphical on these Occasions.

1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg ii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 257 Cards, like that hieroglyphical call To a geographical Fancy Ball On the present [Mulready] Post-Office covers.

3. Difficult to decipher or make sense of; cf. hieroglyphic adj. 4.

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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy

unlegible1451

foul?1467

scribbled1550

scribbling1592

crabbed1612

hieroglyphical1613

scrabbled1625

illegible1640

unreadable1655

scribbly1659

pot-hook1674

scrawlinga1754

undecipherable1758

scribblative1829

scrawly1833

scrawny1833

scrawled1848

hieroglyphic1856

pot-hooky1867

scriggly1896

chicken scratch1933

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 87 My blubbring pen her sable teares lets fall, In Characters right Hyrogliphicall.

1767 Miss Dewes in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 134 This was written in the dark, but you used to love hieroglyphical letters.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxi. 238 A particular method of handling..which has its effect at the intended distance, and is altogether hieroglyphical and unintelligible at any other.

1885 Law Times 11 Apr. 421/1 Notes often disjointed, sometimes hieroglyphical..as jotted down at the hearing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	hieroglyphical
释义	hieroglyphicaladj. /hʌɪərəʊˈɡlɪfɪkəl/ Etymology: formed as hieroglyphic v. + -al suffix¹. 1. a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of hieroglyphics; like the Egyptian picture-writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > relating to hieroglyphics > of the nature of or written in hieroglyphic1585 hieroglyphical1605 hieroglyphed1881 1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 50 These letters were but Hyeroglyphicall, like to the letters of the Egiptians, not Abcdarye letters, but shapes and Images of beastes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gierogliphique, gierogliphicall; of, or belonging to, Gierogliphickes. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 55 Obeliskes with hierogliphicall inscriptions, carried from Hieropolis..to Rome. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 307 Hieroglyphical Writing in all its Varieties. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxiv. 360 The Aztec manuscripts or hieroglyphical pictures preserved in the house of the viceroys. b. Relating to, or dealing with, hieroglyphics. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > relating to hieroglyphics hieroglyphical1823 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 479/1 By the most hieroglyphical Egyptian. 1862 Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 165 The hieroglyphical readings of Champollion and his successors. 2. Symbolical, emblematic; = hieroglyphic adj. 2. ΚΠ 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 189 The nyne Muses..painted vpon the wall..would serue him for places of memorie, or for hieroglyphicall partitions. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. v. §4. 49 To this challenge the Scythian returned an Hieroglyphicall answere; sending a Bird, a Frog, a Mouse, and fiue Arrowes. 1672 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 497 Gilding y^e diall..and y^e Hieroglyphical Triangle. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2501/3 (Ld. May or's Shew) The Rich Adornments of the Pageants, and Hieroglyphical Representations. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 64. ¶1 A good Courtier's Habit and Behaviour is hieroglyphical on these Occasions. 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg ii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 257 Cards, like that hieroglyphical call To a geographical Fancy Ball On the present [Mulready] Post-Office covers. 3. Difficult to decipher or make sense of; cf. hieroglyphic adj. 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [adjective] > bad > illegible or untidy unlegible1451 foul?1467 scribbled1550 scribbling1592 crabbed1612 hieroglyphical1613 scrabbled1625 illegible1640 unreadable1655 scribbly1659 pot-hook1674 scrawlinga1754 undecipherable1758 scribblative1829 scrawly1833 scrawny1833 scrawled1848 hieroglyphic1856 pot-hooky1867 scriggly1896 chicken scratch1933 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 87 My blubbring pen her sable teares lets fall, In Characters right Hyrogliphicall. 1767 Miss Dewes in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 134 This was written in the dark, but you used to love hieroglyphical letters. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxi. 238 A particular method of handling..which has its effect at the intended distance, and is altogether hieroglyphical and unintelligible at any other. 1885 Law Times 11 Apr. 421/1 Notes often disjointed, sometimes hieroglyphical..as jotted down at the hearing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1581
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