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.
difficult to decipher
of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.