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▪ I. calligraph, n.1 arch.|ˈkælɪgrɑːf, -æ-|
Also cali-.
[a. F. calligraphe, ad. med.L. calligraph-us fair writer, good penman, ad. Gr. καλλιγράϕος, f. καλλι- comb. stem of κάλλος beauty + -γραϕος ‘writing, writer’ (sometimes also ‘written’). In this and the following cognate words the non-etymological spelling cali- is frequently found.]
One who writes beautifully; spec. a professional transcriber of manuscripts.
1853Fraser's Mag. XLVII. 83 The numerous scattered works of former zealous caligraphs. 1875M. Pattison Casaubon 38 The calligraphs, a race who long survived the invention of printing.
▪ II. calligraph, n.2|ˈkælɪgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. same elements as prec., on analogy of autograph, holograph, which have Greek prototypes in -γράϕον.]
A beautiful specimen of writing.
1878Browning Poets Croisic xxxvii, Over the neat crow-quill calligraph His pen goes blotting.
▪ III. ˈcalligraph, v.
[f. prec., or F. calligraph-er (perhaps with some thought of Gr. γράϕ-ειν to write); cf. to photograph, telegraph, etc.]
trans. To write beautifully or ornamentally.
1884Athenæum 3 May 570/1 The roll of Shiuten Doji, a famous Japanese outlaw of the tenth century..finely calligraphed and illuminated. |