adj. & n.
--adj.
1. of or written in hieroglyphs.
2 symbolical.
--n. (in pl.) hieroglyphs; hieroglyphic writing.
Derivatives:
hieroglyphical adj. hieroglyphically adv.
Etymology: F hi{eacute}roglyphique or LL hieroglyphicus f. Gk hieroglyphikos (as HIERO-, gluphikos f. gluphe carving)