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calligraphic, a.|kælɪˈgræfɪk|
[ad. Gr. καλλιγραϕικός, in same sense, f. καλλιγράϕος: see -ic.]
a. Of or pertaining to calligraphers or calligraphy.
1774T. Warton Hist. Poetry Diss. ii. (1840) I. 101 Excellence in the calligraphic art. 1809Monthly Mag. XXVIII. 187 Two specimens of her calligraphic skill are carefully preserved in the Bodleian library. 1882–3Schaff Relig. Encycl. III. 2556/1 The calligraphic principle, or effort to write beautifully and ornamentally, came in.
b. Of or pertaining to calligraphy (sense 4); having beauty of line.
1928Observer 1 July 14/1 Swift calligraphic strokes which invest the picture with..vitality. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Jan. 25/3 Leonardo displays his extraordinary gift of enclosing a volume by a flowing and calligraphic line. Ibid., The calligraphic beauty of line. 1962Listener 29 Nov. 909/2 These brilliantly coloured, calligraphic paintings. |