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hermoglyphic
noun
her·mo·glyph·ic
\¦hərmə¦glifik\
variants: less commonly
hermoglyphist
Definition of hermoglyphic
-s
: one that carves statues; especially : one that engraves inscriptions on herms
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Origin and Etymology of hermoglyphic
hermoglyphic from Greek hermoglyphikos of statuary, from hermoglypheus statuary (from hermēs herm + -glypheus, from glyphein to carve) + -ikos -ic; hermoglyphist from Greek hermoglyphikos + English -ist
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