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stylographic

American  
[stahy-luh-graf-ik] / ˈstaɪ ləˈgræf ɪk /
Sometimes stylographical

adjective

  1. of or relating to a stylograph.

  2. of, relating to, or used in stylography.


stylographic British  
/ ˌstaɪləˈɡræfɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a stylograph or stylography

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of stylographic

First recorded in 1800–10; stylo- 1 + graphic

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A millionaire is apt to imagine that nothing in this world is impossible, provided he has his cheque-book in his pocket and a stylographic pen wherewith to write an order on his banker.

From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy

Miss Sophia seized his special stylographic pen, pressed very hard on the nib, and wrote what she required.

From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.

Hadn't yet been a Member of House when it shook from time to time with the roar of controversy round BRADLAUGH, his oath, his affirmation, and his stylographic pen.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 7, 1891 by Various

Styl′ograph, a stylographic pen, a pencil-like pen from which ink is fed to a tubular writing-point through which runs a needle which when pressed on the paper releases the ink.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

In some instruments this carriage is furnished with a metal point, and in others with a stylographic ink pen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

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