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Synonyms for calligraphy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-lig-ruh-fee
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɪg rə fi

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Définition 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

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