HOW TO PRONOUNCE
hieroglyphics
/ˌhaɪɹoʊˈɡlɪfɪks/
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What does hieroglyphics mean?
noun
- plural of hieroglyphic
proper noun
- A miscapitalization of hieroglyphics, used as a proper noun because of the false assumption by many that hieroglyphics (i.e. Egyptian hieroglyphics) is itself a language.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌhaɪɹoʊˈɡlɪfɪks/
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A bit of wood with a nail in it, is picked up and studied as if it were covered with hieroglyphics.
The Greater Peacock moths cross hills and valleys in the darkness, with a heavy flight of wings spotted with inexplicable hieroglyphics.
More book examples (3)
Three hieroglyphics are placed over the head of each group, but so far, they are as little understood as the figures themselves.
In both cases the hieroglyphics, though the characters are of course different, are disposed upon the stone in much the same manner.
It was, indeed, a majestic idea that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven.