tachygraphyn.

Brit.

/taˈkɪɡrəfi/,

/təˈkɪɡrəfi/, U.S.

/tæˈkɪɡrəfi/,

/təˈkɪɡrəfi/

Etymology: < Greek ταχύς swift + -graphy comb. form.

‘The art or practice of quick writing’ (Johnson); variously applied to shorthand, and (in palæography) to cursive as distinguished from angular letters, to the Egyptian hieratic, and to the Greek and Latin writing of the Middle Ages with its many abbreviations and compendia.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > shorthand > [noun]

ciphers1541

charactery1588

brachygraphy1590

stenography1602

characters1616

short-writing1620

shorthand1636

tachygraphy1641

steno1946

1641 Shelton (title) Tachygraphy. The most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tachygraphy, the art or description of swift writing.

1778 Biographia Britannica (ed. 2) I. 538 (note) Thomas Shelton became famous..for his Tachygraphy; or easy, exact, and speedy short writing.

1826 Edinb. Rev. 45 145 The Hieratic..is immediately derived from the hieroglyphic, of which it is merely a tachygraphy.

1890 E. M. Thompson in Classical Rev. May 220/1 The twofold system of tachygraphy, if it may be so termed, in use among the scribes of the middle ages.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tachygraphy
释义	tachygraphyn. Brit. /taˈkɪɡrəfi/, /təˈkɪɡrəfi/, U.S. /tæˈkɪɡrəfi/, /təˈkɪɡrəfi/ Etymology: < Greek ταχύς swift + -graphy comb. form. ‘The art or practice of quick writing’ (Johnson); variously applied to shorthand, and (in palæography) to cursive as distinguished from angular letters, to the Egyptian hieratic, and to the Greek and Latin writing of the Middle Ages with its many abbreviations and compendia. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > shorthand > [noun] ciphers1541 charactery1588 brachygraphy1590 stenography1602 characters1616 short-writing1620 shorthand1636 tachygraphy1641 steno1946 1641 Shelton (title) Tachygraphy. The most exact and compendious methode of short and swift writing. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tachygraphy, the art or description of swift writing. 1778 Biographia Britannica (ed. 2) I. 538 (note) Thomas Shelton became famous..for his Tachygraphy; or easy, exact, and speedy short writing. 1826 Edinb. Rev. 45 145 The Hieratic..is immediately derived from the hieroglyphic, of which it is merely a tachygraphy. 1890 E. M. Thompson in Classical Rev. May 220/1 The twofold system of tachygraphy, if it may be so termed, in use among the scribes of the middle ages. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641
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