'Hieroglyphical' definitions:
Definition of 'hieroglyphical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Resembling hieroglyphic writing [syn: hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical]
adjective
Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols [syn: hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical]
Definition of 'Hieroglyphical'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. [1913 Webster]
- Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5]