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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The art of fine handwriting.
  2. n. Works in fine handwriting considered as a group.
  3. n. Handwriting.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The art of beautiful writing; fair or elegant writing or penmanship; by extension, handwriting in general; penmanship. Also spelled caligraphy, kalligraphy.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The art of writing letters and words with decorative strokes.
  2. n. The letters and words so produced, collectively.
  3. n. The art of writing fancy lettering.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Fair or elegant penmanship.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. beautiful handwriting

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligrafía, "pretty writing"), from κάλλος (kallos, "beauty") + γράφω (gráphō, "to draw"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French calligraphie, from Greek kalligraphiā, beautiful writing : kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty) + -graphiā, -graphy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. handwriting

hypernyms (3)

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  1. hand
  1. handwriting
  1. script

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  1. chirography
  2. moldings
  3. trelliswork
  4. metalwork
  5. restoral
  1. plasterwork
  2. lamp-post
  3. arabesque
  4. penmanship
  5. labyrinthian
  1. scrollwork
  2. lats
  3. ironwork
  4. pecs
  5. versification
  1. exegesis
  2. watercolors
  3. quadriceps
  4. chroniclers
  5. needlework
  1. lettering
  2. perfect
  3. goldbeater
  4. engrave
  5. stonework
  1. methodshop

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. calligrafy
  2. calography
  1. calligrapher
  2. calligraphic
  1. writing-school
  2. makimono
  1. calligraphist
  2. penmanship
  1. Tobey
  2. inkstone
  1. mark tobey
  2. calligraphical

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  • ruzuzu "19. The First Principle

    When one goes to Obaku temple in Kyoto he sees carved over the gate the words 'The First Principle.' The letters are unusually large, and those who appreciate calligraphy always admire them as being a masterpiece. They were drawn by Kosen two hundred years ago.

    When the master drew them he did so on paper, from which workmen made the larger carving in wood. As Kosen sketched the letters a bold pupil was with him who had made several gallons of ink for the calligraphy and who never failed to criticize his master's work.

    'That is not good,' he told Kosen after the first effort.

    'How is that one?'

    'Poor. Worse than before,' pronounced the pupil.

    Kosen patiently wrote one sheet after another until eighty-four First Principles had accumulated, still without the approval of the pupil.

    Then, when the young man stepped outside for a few moments, Kosen thought: 'Now is my chance to escape his keen eye,' and he wrote hurriedly, with a mind free from distraction: 'The First Principle.'

    'A masterpiece,' pronounced the pupil."

    --Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps
    Nov 17, 2010

  • kewpid The art of beautiful handwriting. Nov 21, 2007

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