hieroglyphist

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noun

One versed in hieroglyphs.

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Meanings

nounhieroglyphist (plural hieroglyphists)

plural hieroglyphists

  1. One versed in hieroglyphs.

    […] the painted chambers at the entrance of which, within ten years back, afforded shade and objects of study to the Hieroglyphist, are now blown into atoms, leaving it scarcely possible to ascertain their arrangement.

    1841, George Robins Gliddon, A memoir on the cotton of Egypt

Origin

From hieroglyph + -ist.

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APA

hieroglyphist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hieroglyphist

MLA

“hieroglyphist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hieroglyphist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hieroglyphist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hieroglyphist.

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