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calligraphy

[ kuh-lig-ruh-fee ]

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noun

fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes:
She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
handwriting; penmanship.
the art of writing beautifully:
He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.
a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, especially Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.
Fine Arts. line or a group of lines either derived from or resembling letter forms and characterized by qualities usually associated with cursive writing, especially that produced with a brush or pen.

calligraphy

/ kəˈlɪɡrəfɪ; ˌkælɪˈɡræfɪk /

handwriting, esp beautiful handwriting considered as an art Also calledchirography

First recorded in 1605–15, calligraphy is from the Greek word kalligraphía beautiful writing. See calli-, -graphy

So he dropped out, exploring only the few classes that interested him; he took calligraphy.

Sora has been publicly practicing her Chinese calligraphy and studying Mandarin.

Hilda took the letter with apprehension, as she recognized the down-slanting calligraphy of Sarah Gailey.

The two notes looked harmless enough, and the calligraphy of one was vaguely familiar.

It was a good hand now, though the scamp would never be a professor of calligraphy.

Hence the introduction of calligraphy must be placed in 405.

In his later years Backhuysen employed his time in etching and calligraphy.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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