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graphiology|græfɪˈɒlədʒɪ|
[irreg. f. Gr. γράϕ-ειν to write + -ology. The word seems to have been invented (in sense 1) by some of the advertising practitioners of the art about 1850.]
1. = graphology 2.
1854Lady Lytton Behind Scenes I. i. ii. 67 If there is anything in graphiology.
2. a. The science or ‘art of writing or delineation, or a treatise on that art’ (Ogilvie, Suppl., 1855). rare—0. b. Methods of graphic representation.
1880Daily Tel. 20 Oct., Everything connected with the graphiology of heraldry is of the weakest..character. |