logography
Americannoun
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printing with logotypes.
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a method of longhand reporting, each of several reporters in succession taking down a few words.
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Etymology
Origin of logography
First recorded in 1775–85, logography is from the Greek word logographía speech writing. See logo-, -graphy
Example Sentences
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Something akin to stereotyping is another method of printing, called logography, invented by John Walter of the London Times, in 1783, and for which he took out a patent.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
All the beauty, dignity, and glory of English logography seem to be his: he marshals an array of adjectives and phrases which seem all of the blood royal of our munificent mother tongue.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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