{ Hi′er‐o‐glyph″ic (?), Hi′er‐o‐glyph″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. �; ιερὅσ sacred + γλύφειν to carve: cf. F. 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.