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单词 calligraphy
释义 calligraphy
 —calligrapher, calligraphist,  n.   —calligraphic /kal'i graf"ik/, calligraphical,  adj.   —calligraphically,  adv.  
 /keuh lig"reuh fee/,  n.  
  1. fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  2. handwriting; penmanship.
  3. the art of writing beautifully: He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.
  4. a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, esp. Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.
  5.  Fine Arts.   line or a group of lines either derived from or resembling letter forms and characterized by qualities usually associated with cursive writing, esp. that produced with a brush or pen.
 [1605-15; < Gk kalligraphía beautiful writing. See CALLI-, -GRAPHY]
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