calligraphyn.

Brit.

/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/, U.S.

/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s calygraphie, 1600s caligraphie, 1600s kallygraphy, 1600s– calligraphy, 1800s kalligraphy (rare), 1900s– caligraphy.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin calligraphia; French calligraphie; Greek καλλιγραϕία.

Etymology: Probably partly (i) < post-classical Latin calligraphia (1572 or earlier), partly (ii) < Middle French, French calligraphie (1569), and partly (iii) < their ultimate etymon Hellenistic Greek καλλιγραϕία beautiful writing < καλλιγράϕος calligraph n.¹ + -ία -y suffix³. Compare Spanish caligrafía (1772 or earlier), Portuguese caligrafia (1836), Italian calligrafia (1737).With the forms in cali- compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry.

1. The practice, art, or profession of producing beautiful, ornamental, precise, or formal lettering with a pen or brush; beautiful, ornamental, or formal handwriting or hand lettering.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation

writingc1405

scriveneryc1454

clerkship1550

calligraphy1590

pencraft1600

scribeship1606

clerking1679

pen-and-inkmanship1804

clerkhood1873

clerkage1883

clerkery1883

clerkdom-

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > beautiful handwriting

calligraphy1590

1590 P. Bales Writing Schoolemaster Pref. sig. B2 I haue drawen for the commoditie of my Countrymen..a briefe, plaine, and certein Method in the Artes of Brachygraphie, Orthographie, and Calygraphie: Deliuering in the..last [Rules] for faire writing.

a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 12 in Wks. (1640) III I have to commend me..my Kallygraphy, a faire hand, Fit for a Secretary.

1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 100 Mr. Coker, Gery, Gething, Billingly, &c. who in what they have published for Letters and Flourishes are comparable to any of those Masters whom we have so much celebrated amongst the Italians and French for Calligraphy and fair writting.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Calligraphy made an article in the manual labour of the antient monks.

1772 T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope iii. 73 Calligraphy was a requisite accomplishment of those times, and it [sc. the translation] is accordingly written, on vellum, with uncommon elegance, in her own hand.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 93 Calligraphy was also another art which received considerable attention.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 498 The age of calligraphy is gone.

1910 J. O. P. Bland & E. Backhouse China under Empress Dowager xiii. 195 At about this time Kuang-Hsü reprimanded another Censor for a trifling error in caligraphy, the incorrect writing of a character.

1986 P. L. Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) viii. 231 There was no decoration except for..the black calligraphy of a Koranic verse across the wall.

2004 K. W. Keltner Dim Sum of All Things 189 Why don't you try calligraphy or small pen-and-ink landscapes?

2. A person's handwriting; a particular style or example of handwriting; = hand n. 16a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun]

handOE

scripturea1400

writing1440

written hand1520

hand write1568

handwriting1571

written hand1580

write1591

calligraphy1645

penmanship1695

hand of write1700

manuscript1771

autography1787

calography1803

calligraph1831

script1834

chirography1838

scription1846

hand lettering1864

back-hand1885

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 4 A Divine of note..had..stuck it heer and there with a clove of his own Calligraphy, to keep it from tainting.

1796 Brit. Critic Jan. 3 He who adds to his library the work under consideration, will possess a regular history of the variations in Persian Calligraphy or penmanship.

1856 Househ. Words 22 Mar. 240/1 His calligraphy suggests nothing half so much as the skating of an intoxicated sweep over a sheet of ice.

1879 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 3) i. 107 In the eleventh century the fashion of our calligraphy was changed.

1913 Pract. Druggist June 41/2 A good example of the wrong interpretation, which may result from the bad caligraphy on a prescription.

1978 W. S. Graham Let. 6 Mar. in Nightfisherman (1999) 344 On the train hence the Auchenshuggly calligraphy.

2010 S. Cancian Families, Lovers, & Lett. p. x There on the thin, nearly transparent paper with ink bleeding through was my grandfather's calligraphy.

3. Fine Art. A particular style of brushwork or line work.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > line or beauty of line

arabesque1879

calligraphy1928

1928 Observer 1 July 14/1 Gainsborough adopted the elegant calligraphy, the loose, flickering touch, which distinguish him from all his English contemporaries.

1962 Listener 2 Aug. 178/3 The three studies of ‘Woman in Rocking Chair’ show Kline's characteristic bold calligraphy in the process of being formed.

2009 W. A. Saturno in W. L. Fash & L. López Luján Art Urbanism iv. 111 The flowing calligraphy of the line work and the control of paint and plaster indicate both a long-established tradition of wall painting in the Maya lowlands and a cohort of well-trained artists at work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	calligraphy
释义	calligraphyn. Brit. /kəˈlɪɡrəfi/, U.S. /kəˈlɪɡrəfi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s calygraphie, 1600s caligraphie, 1600s kallygraphy, 1600s– calligraphy, 1800s kalligraphy (rare), 1900s– caligraphy. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin calligraphia; French calligraphie; Greek καλλιγραϕία. Etymology: Probably partly (i) < post-classical Latin calligraphia (1572 or earlier), partly (ii) < Middle French, French calligraphie (1569), and partly (iii) < their ultimate etymon Hellenistic Greek καλλιγραϕία beautiful writing < καλλιγράϕος calligraph n.¹ + -ία -y suffix³. Compare Spanish caligrafía (1772 or earlier), Portuguese caligrafia (1836), Italian calligrafia (1737).With the forms in cali- compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry. 1. The practice, art, or profession of producing beautiful, ornamental, precise, or formal lettering with a pen or brush; beautiful, ornamental, or formal handwriting or hand lettering. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [noun] > writing as occupation writingc1405 scriveneryc1454 clerkship1550 calligraphy1590 pencraft1600 scribeship1606 clerking1679 pen-and-inkmanship1804 clerkhood1873 clerkage1883 clerkery1883 clerkdom- society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > beautiful handwriting calligraphy1590 1590 P. Bales Writing Schoolemaster Pref. sig. B2 I haue drawen for the commoditie of my Countrymen..a briefe, plaine, and certein Method in the Artes of Brachygraphie, Orthographie, and Calygraphie: Deliuering in the..last [Rules] for faire writing. a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 12 in Wks. (1640) III I have to commend me..my Kallygraphy, a faire hand, Fit for a Secretary. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 100 Mr. Coker, Gery, Gething, Billingly, &c. who in what they have published for Letters and Flourishes are comparable to any of those Masters whom we have so much celebrated amongst the Italians and French for Calligraphy and fair writting. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Calligraphy made an article in the manual labour of the antient monks. 1772 T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope iii. 73 Calligraphy was a requisite accomplishment of those times, and it [sc. the translation] is accordingly written, on vellum, with uncommon elegance, in her own hand. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 93 Calligraphy was also another art which received considerable attention. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 498 The age of calligraphy is gone. 1910 J. O. P. Bland & E. Backhouse China under Empress Dowager xiii. 195 At about this time Kuang-Hsü reprimanded another Censor for a trifling error in caligraphy, the incorrect writing of a character. 1986 P. L. Fermor Between Woods & Water (1988) viii. 231 There was no decoration except for..the black calligraphy of a Koranic verse across the wall. 2004 K. W. Keltner Dim Sum of All Things 189 Why don't you try calligraphy or small pen-and-ink landscapes? 2. A person's handwriting; a particular style or example of handwriting; = hand n. 16a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] handOE scripturea1400 writing1440 written hand1520 hand write1568 handwriting1571 written hand1580 write1591 calligraphy1645 penmanship1695 hand of write1700 manuscript1771 autography1787 calography1803 calligraph1831 script1834 chirography1838 scription1846 hand lettering1864 back-hand1885 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 4 A Divine of note..had..stuck it heer and there with a clove of his own Calligraphy, to keep it from tainting. 1796 Brit. Critic Jan. 3 He who adds to his library the work under consideration, will possess a regular history of the variations in Persian Calligraphy or penmanship. 1856 Househ. Words 22 Mar. 240/1 His calligraphy suggests nothing half so much as the skating of an intoxicated sweep over a sheet of ice. 1879 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 3) i. 107 In the eleventh century the fashion of our calligraphy was changed. 1913 Pract. Druggist June 41/2 A good example of the wrong interpretation, which may result from the bad caligraphy on a prescription. 1978 W. S. Graham Let. 6 Mar. in Nightfisherman (1999) 344 On the train hence the Auchenshuggly calligraphy. 2010 S. Cancian Families, Lovers, & Lett. p. x There on the thin, nearly transparent paper with ink bleeding through was my grandfather's calligraphy. 3. Fine Art. A particular style of brushwork or line work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > line or beauty of line arabesque1879 calligraphy1928 1928 Observer 1 July 14/1 Gainsborough adopted the elegant calligraphy, the loose, flickering touch, which distinguish him from all his English contemporaries. 1962 Listener 2 Aug. 178/3 The three studies of ‘Woman in Rocking Chair’ show Kline's characteristic bold calligraphy in the process of being formed. 2009 W. A. Saturno in W. L. Fash & L. López Luján Art Urbanism iv. 111 The flowing calligraphy of the line work and the control of paint and plaster indicate both a long-established tradition of wall painting in the Maya lowlands and a cohort of well-trained artists at work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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