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hieroglyphics
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a system of writing using symbols or pictures, originally used by the ancient Egyptians
- Understanding hieroglyphics requires knowledge of both the symbols and the context in which they were written.
- The golden plate was inscribed with hieroglyphics that told a story of droughts and prosperity.
- Museum experts were called to interpret the hieroglyphics on the newly discovered artifact.
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hard-to-read writing that resembles ancient picture script in its complexity or obscurity
- His notes were a mess of hieroglyphics no one could interpret.
- The doctor's prescription looked like pure hieroglyphics.
- I couldn't read her hieroglyphics on the sticky note.
- The chalkboard was filled with mathematical hieroglyphics.
- His handwriting was so bad it might as well have been hieroglyphics.
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