Associations to the word «Hieroglyph»

Wiktionary

HIEROGLYPH, noun. An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system.

Dictionary definition

HIEROGLYPH, noun. Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible).
HIEROGLYPH, noun. A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne