stylographicadj.
/stʌɪləʊˈɡrafɪk/ 1. Relating to stylography or writing with a style (see quots.). ? Obsolete.
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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [adjective] > writing or written with specific instrument
pencilled1794
pencilling1806
stylographic1808
chalked1823
biroed1962
1808 R. Wedgwood Brit. Patent 3110 An apparatus for producing several original writings or drawings at one and the same time which I call a Pennæpolygraph or pen and stylographic manifold writer.
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Stylographic, relating to stylography.
1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stylographic, pertaining to or used in stylography; as, stylographic cards, cards which may be written upon with a style. Stylographic pencil, a pencil or style for this kind of writing.
2. stylographic pen n. a variety of fountain-pen, having no nib, but a fine perforated writing-point fed with ink from the reservoir in the stem; in this point is fitted a fine needle, which when pushed back in the act of writing opens a valve so as to permit the flow of the ink.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > fountain pen > type of
stylographic pen1880
stylograph1882
stylo1890
autopen1905
cartridge pen1955
1880 Harper's Mag. Mar. 624 A ream of paper, and a stylographic pen.
1892 G. Grossmith & W. Grossmith Diary of Nobody xviii. 219 A new patent stylographic pen, which cost me nine-and-sixpence.
Derivatives
styloˈgraphical adj.
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Stylographical, relating to stylography.
styloˈgraphically adv. (Webster 1864).
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adj.1808