Antonyms for calligraphy

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuh-lig-ruh-fee

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɪg rə fi

Definition of calligraphy

Origin : 1610s, from Greek kaligraphia, from kallos "beauty" + graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Related: Calligraphic. The usual comb. form in Greek was kalli- "beautiful, fine, happy, favorable;" kalo- was a later, rarer alternative form.

As in script : noun handwriting
As in writing : noun printing on paper
As in chirography : noun penmanship
As in penmanship : noun handwriting
As in hand : noun handwriting
As in handwriting : noun the way a person writes

Example sentences :

Calligraphy and poetry are mixed up together in the Chinese mind.
Extract from : « Fir-Flower Tablets » by Various

Hence the introduction of calligraphy must be placed in 405.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3 » by Various

Ibn Abi Sarh was well versed in the arts of calligraphy and horsemanship.
Extract from : « The Life of Mohammad » by Etienne Dinet

This was the work of Behrisch, who was a virtuoso in calligraphy.
Extract from : « The Youth of Goethe » by Peter Hume Brown

Nevertheless, the calligraphy and borderwork are the best parts of his performance.
Extract from : « Illuminated Manuscripts » by John W. Bradley

See Thompson, 236, where Irish calligraphy is fully dealt with; Camb.
Extract from : « Old English Libraries » by Ernest Savage

She wrote a good clear hand and her method was as clear as her calligraphy.
Extract from : « Robin » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

I have always been a great admirer of the calligraphy of the Middle Ages and of the earlier printing which took its place.
Extract from : « The Art of the Book » by Bernard H. Newdigate

The importance of calligraphy was recognised long before the date of any literary monuments of its development.
Extract from : « Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters » by W. Carew Hazlitt

The boy took little interest in his new work, but showed some aptitude for mechanical drawing and calligraphy.
Extract from : « Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing » by Enrico Caruso and Luisa Tetrazzini

Synonyms for calligraphy

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