单词 | Fraktur |
释义 | Fraktur /frddahk toohrdd"/, n. 1. Print. German black-letter text, a style of type. 2. (usually l.c.) Also, fractur. a. a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or watercolor-and-ink painting in the Pennsylvania-German tradition, often bearing elaborate calligraphy and standardized motifs, as birds, tulips, mermaids, and unicorns, and typically appearing on a book page, baptismal certificate or other family record, or merchant's advertisement. b. the elaborate calligraphy used in frakturs. [1900-05, Amer.; < G < L fractura action of breaking (in reference to the curlicues that broke up the continuous line of a word). See FRACTURE] |
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