epistolographicadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˌpɪstələˈɡrafɪk/,

/ᵻˌpɪstl̩əˈɡrafɪk/, U.S.

/ᵻˌpɪstələˈɡræfɪk/

Forms: 1600s–1700s epistolographick, 1600s– epistolographic.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin epistolographicus; Greek ἐπιστολογραϕικός.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin epistolographicus (1654 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek ἐπιστολογραϕικός used in writing letters (end of the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd cent. ad) < ἐπιστολογράϕος letter-writer, secretary (see epistolographer n.) + -ικός -ic suffix.Hellenistic Greek ἐπιστολογραϕικός is applied to the form of the ancient Egyptian script used in writing letters by Clement of Alexandria and Porphyry.

Used in the writing of letters, spec. designating the demotic script of ancient Egypt; cf. demotic adj. 1a and enchorial adj. a (now rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > of specific languages > Egyptian

epistolographic1669

hieratic1669

epistolic1670

demotic1822

enchorial1822

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. xi. 76 The method of all Egyptian Letters, which is called..Epistolographick.

1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 229 The epistolographick writing of the ancient Ægyptians.

1825 Eclectic Rev. Apr. 364 The next step was, to the phonetic use of these idiographic signs or pictures; and the third was, to the formation of an epistolographic character, or running-hand, in which the form of the original symbol can no longer be identified.

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. ii. §49. 164 The hieratic and the epistolographic or enchorial.

1937 Hammond (Indiana) Times 24 Mar. 19/4 After our Saturday column we were deluged with telephonic ‘Fies!’and epistolographic ‘Tsks!’

2006 Speculum 81 680 Gifts of fish may be at the origin of a peculiar epistolographic genre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epistolographic
释义	epistolographicadj. Brit. /ᵻˌpɪstələˈɡrafɪk/, /ᵻˌpɪstl̩əˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ᵻˌpɪstələˈɡræfɪk/ Forms: 1600s–1700s epistolographick, 1600s– epistolographic. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin epistolographicus; Greek ἐπιστολογραϕικός. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin epistolographicus (1654 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) Hellenistic Greek ἐπιστολογραϕικός used in writing letters (end of the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd cent. ad) < ἐπιστολογράϕος letter-writer, secretary (see epistolographer n.) + -ικός -ic suffix.Hellenistic Greek ἐπιστολογραϕικός is applied to the form of the ancient Egyptian script used in writing letters by Clement of Alexandria and Porphyry. Used in the writing of letters, spec. designating the demotic script of ancient Egypt; cf. demotic adj. 1a and enchorial adj. a (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > of specific languages > Egyptian epistolographic1669 hieratic1669 epistolic1670 demotic1822 enchorial1822 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. xi. 76 The method of all Egyptian Letters, which is called..Epistolographick. 1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 229 The epistolographick writing of the ancient Ægyptians. 1825 Eclectic Rev. Apr. 364 The next step was, to the phonetic use of these idiographic signs or pictures; and the third was, to the formation of an epistolographic character, or running-hand, in which the form of the original symbol can no longer be identified. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. ii. §49. 164 The hieratic and the epistolographic or enchorial. 1937 Hammond (Indiana) Times 24 Mar. 19/4 After our Saturday column we were deluged with telephonic ‘Fies!’and epistolographic ‘Tsks!’ 2006 Speculum 81 680 Gifts of fish may be at the origin of a peculiar epistolographic genre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1669
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