hieroglyphic
noun
[ hʌɪrəˈɡlɪfɪk ]
• writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
• "without the Rosetta Stone, it is likely that Egyptian hieroglyphics would still be a mystery"
Similar:
symbols,
signs,
ciphers,
code,
cryptograms,
cryptographs,
runes,
hieroglyphic
adjective
• of or written in hieroglyphs.
• "hieroglyphic script"
Origin:
late 16th century: from French hiéroglyphique, from Greek hierogluphikos, from hieros ‘sacred’ + gluphē ‘carving’.
