hieroglyphical

{ } a. [ L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hiéroglyphique.] [1913 Webster]

1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. [1913 Webster]

Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]

2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. “An hieroglyphical scrawl.” Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [wns=1] [WordNet 1.5]