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hieroglyphic
1585, from L.L.
hieroglyphicus,
from Gk.
hieroglyphikos,
from
hieros
"sacred" +
glyphe
"carving," from
glyphein
"to carve." Plutarch began the custom of using the adj. (
ta hieroglyphika
) as a noun.
