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hieroglyphics

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hieroglyphic/hʌɪərəˈɡlɪfɪk/

▶noun (hieroglyphics) writing consisting of hieroglyphs. ▶adjective of or written in hieroglyphs.

– derivatives
hieroglyphical adjective,
hieroglyphically adverb.

– origin C16: from Fr. hiéroglyphique, from Gk hierogluphikos, from hieros ‘sacred’ + gluphē ‘carving’.

'hieroglyphics' also found in these Oxford entries:

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