Hieroglyphic
Pronunciation : Hi`er*o*glyph"ic, Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. hi?roglyphique.]
Definition : 1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.
2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. "An hieroglyphical scrawl." Sir W. Scott.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913