Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
glyph [glif] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a pictograph or hieroglyph.
- a sculptured figure or relief carving.
- Architecture. an ornamental channel or groove.
Origin of glyph 1720–30; Greek glyph(ḗ) carving, derivative of glýphein to hollow outRelated formsglyph·ic, adjective Examples from the Web for glyph Historical Examples of glyph
In Maya means “ladder,” but the glyph is supposed to represent “an old man.”
Channing Arnold
Glyph is a fellow stem-word to glykys, smooth, soft, or sweet.
An Outline of English Speech-craft
William Barnes
Compare the ending prefix in this glyph with figure 37, a-h.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Sylvanus Griswold Morley
The position of the month glyph in this text is most unusual.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Sylvanus Griswold Morley
The month glyph, therefore, should follow in the upper half of 13.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Sylvanus Griswold Morley
British Dictionary definitions for glyph glyph noun
- a carved channel or groove, esp a vertical one as used on a Doric frieze
- rare another word for hieroglyphic
- any computer-generated character regarded in terms of its shape and bit pattern
Derived Formsglyphic, adjectiveWord Origin for glyph C18: from French glyphe, from Greek gluphē carving, from gluphein to carve Word Origin and History for glyph n.
1727, “ornamental groove in architecture,” from French glyphe (1701), from Greek glyphe “a carving,” from glyphein “to hollow out, cut out with a knife, engrave, carve,” from PIE root *gleubh- “to cut, slice” (cf. Latin glubere “to peel, shell, strip,” Old English cleofan “to cleave”). Meaning “sculpted mark or symbol” (as in hieroglyph) is from 1825.