hieroglyph
hahy rohg lif
- n writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
 - n a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
 
- Moviegoers follow the purple-tiled pattern of the Nile between hieroglyph-covered pillars into the lobby.
 - It is a hieroglyph for arousal, tumescence in paint.
 - Ferriss once called the skyscraper the "hieroglyph of capitalism, commercialism, and confusiona symbol of an age in which there is no spirituality.