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Definition of Calligraphy
1. Noun. Beautiful handwriting.
Generic synonyms: Hand, Handwriting, Script
Derivative terms: Calligrapher, Calligraphical, Calligraphist, Penman
Definition of Calligraphy
1. n. Fair or elegant penmanship.
Definition of Calligraphy
1. Noun. The art of writing letters and words with decorative strokes. ¹
2. Noun. The letters and words so produced, collectively. ¹
3. Noun. The art of writing fancy lettering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calligraphy
1. [n -PHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calligraphy
Literary usage of Calligraphy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1969 calligraphy Writers have been accused of misusing this word by commentators
from ... Their objections are based on their belief that calligraphy means ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... trifling remuneration of two shillings or half-a-crown to unravel your own
aoul before you with the help of twenty lines of your best calligraphy j but ..."
3. Fir-flower Tablets by Amy Lowell (1921)
"calligraphy THE writing of Li Po-hai Is like the vermilion bird And the blue-green
dragon. It drifts slowly as clouds drift; It has the wide swiftness of ..."
4. History of Painting by Karl Woermann (1887)
"In these Florentine books the writing and the illuminations arc equally admirable ;
the calligraphy, for instance, ..."
5. History of the Moorish Empire in Europe by Samuel Parsons Scott (1904)
"... Gems—Ceramics— The Leathern Tapestry of Cordova — Textile Fabrics — calligraphy
and Illumination—Destruction of the Artistic Remains of the Moors. ..."
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