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Rarehieroglyphics
The correct spelling is hieroglyphics.
How to pronounce hieroglyphics
noun
Say it like: Hee-rog-lyf-ics
The correct spelling is hieroglyphics. (chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
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Definition
noun
- 1.(chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
- 2.Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
- 3.(by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol
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