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calligraphy

/kəˈlɪɡɹəfi/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about calligraphy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Beautiful handwriting.

Origin

Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).

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