Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible).

synoniem: hieroglyph.

Roget 590: writing etc. v.; chirography, stelography^†, cerography^†; penmanship, craftmanship^†; quill driving; typewriting.    writing, manuscript, MS.   , literae scriptae [Lat.]; these presents.    stroke of the pen, dash of the pen; coupe de plume; line; headline; pen and ink.    letter etc. 561; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi^†, Devanagari, Nagari; script.    shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy^†, tachygraphy^†; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography^†, pasigraphy^†, Polygraphy^†, logography^†.    copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist.    calligraphy; good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand.    cacography^†, griffonage^†, barbouillage^†; bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand; scribble etc. v.; pattes de mouche [Fr.]; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers.    stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter.    transcription etc. (copy) 21; inscription etc. (record) 551; superscription etc. (indication) 550; graphology.    composition, authorship; cacoethes scribendi [Lat.]; graphoidea^†, graphomania^†; phrenoia^†.    writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press etc. (author) 593.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 554: representation, representment^†; imitation etc. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment^†; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, fine arts; painting etc. 556; sculpture etc. 557; engraving etc. 558; photography, cinematography; radiography, autoradiography [Bioch.], fluorography [Chem], sciagraphy^†.    personation, personification; impersonation; drama etc. 599.    picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV.    copy etc. 21; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme.    image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile.    figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet^†, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet^†, marionette, fantoccini^†, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette.    ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram.    map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626.    ichnography^†, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view etc. (painting) 556; radiograph, scotograph^†, sciagraph^†; spectrogram, heliogram^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 561: letter; character; hieroglyphic etc. (writing) 590; type etc. (printing) 591; capitals; digraph, trigraph; ideogram, ideograph; majuscule, minuscule; majuscule, minuscule; alphabet, ABC^†, abecedary^†, christcross-row.    consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong [Gramm.]; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural.    syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable^†, polysyllable; affix, suffix.    spelling, orthograph^†; phonography^†, phonetic spelling; anagrammatism^†, metagrammatism^†.    cipher, monogram, anagram; doubleacrostic^†.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: bazgroł, gryzmoł, hieroglif

A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.

synoniem: hieroglyph.

Nederlands: hiëroglief
Pools: hieroglif

Resembling hieroglyphic writing.

synoniem: hieroglyphical.

Pools: hieroglifowy, hieroglificzny

Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols.

synoniem: hieroglyphical.