hierogrammatic

adjective

hi·​er·​o·​gram·​mat·​ic

¦hī(ə)rəgrə¦matik

variants or hierogrammatical

-tə̇kəl

: of or relating to hierograms

Word History

Etymology

hier- + Greek grammat-, gramma letter, writing + English -ic, -ical

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