chirography vs hieroglyphic

chirography

noun
  • Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. 

  • Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing. 

  • Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand. 

  • Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand. 

hieroglyphic

noun
  • A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus 

  • Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. 

  • Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. 

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

  • of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols 

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