Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or practice of writing in shorthand; stenography.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Stenography.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.

Etymologies

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From French brachygraphie, from Ancient Greek βραχύς ("short") + -γραφία ("writing").

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Examples

  • He used a "set of prison bars for the name Bernie Madoff" in his example for "brachygraphy" in the semifinals and later made a reference to the "The Jeffersons," a TV sitcom that went off the air some 10 years before the oldest of the spellers was born.

    Pa. girl wins Bee with 'cymotrichous' 2011

  • JOANNA YE, a 14-year-old contestant in the National Spelling Bee, who advanced to the finals by correctly spelling brachygraphy, pinetum, rocaille and hypotrichosis

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • He used a "set of prison bars for the name Bernie Madoff" in his example for "brachygraphy" and later made a reference to the "The Jeffersons," a sitcom that went off the air some 10 years before the oldest of the spellers was born.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

  • JOANNA YE, a 14-year-old contestant in the National Spelling Bee, who advanced to the finals by correctly spelling brachygraphy, pinetum, rocaille and hypotrichosis

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • JOANNA YE, a 14-year-old contestant in the National Spelling Bee, who advanced to the finals by correctly spelling brachygraphy, pinetum, rocaille and hypotrichosis

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • He used a "set of prison bars for the name Bernie Madoff" in his example for "brachygraphy" and later made a reference to the "The Jeffersons," a sitcom that went off the air some 10 years before the oldest of the spellers was born.

    USATODAY.com News 2011

  • JOANNA YE, a 14-year-old contestant in the National Spelling Bee, who advanced to the finals by correctly spelling brachygraphy, pinetum, rocaille and hypotrichosis

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • Participants were invited to use guides to brachygraphy, the now obsolete shorthand system that Dickens had adapted.

    Forget Wordle! Can you crack the Dickens Code? An IT worker from California just did Simon Usborne 2022

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