cerography

[si-rog-ruh-fee]

noun

1. the process of writing or engraving on wax.

cerography

/ sɪəˈrɒɡrəfɪ, ˌsɪərəʊˈɡræfɪk /

noun

1. the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping

Other Word Forms

• cerographic adjective
• cerographist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerography¹

From the Greek word kērographía, dating back to 1585–95. See cero-, -graphy

Example Sentences

They had two other sons besides Samuel, the second of whom, Sidney E. Morse, was founder of the New York OBSERVER, an able mathematician, author of the ART OF CEROGRAPHY, or engraving upon wax, to stereotype from, and inventor of a barometer for sounding the deep-sea.

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