calligraphy

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He said that his "artsy, modern" dance was influenced by his earlier education in Chinese calligraphy.

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

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  • The seller of the calligraphy was an art dealer named Bruno Tranle. —  EQMM,March-April2008
  • The blanks on the printed “At Home” card had been filled in by hand in green ink and the calligraphy was a fair specimen of the standard hand taught in the schools of some years ago. —  Dancers in Mourning - Margery Allingham - Campion 09 -1937
  • In her infrequent spare time, she confesses a fondness for knitting, calligraphy, and all things geeky. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • (Hint: You may want to send yourself an invitation as a test run to be sure the envelopes stay sealed and the calligraphy is legible by the postman.) —  Articles
  • Of all art forms they excelled in, they take pride and cherish their mastery in calligraphy which is called khat in Arabic. —  the __earthinc
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  1. French calligraphie, from Greek kalligraphiā, beautiful writing : kalli-, beautiful (from kallos, beauty) + -graphiā, -graphy.

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  1. = F, calligraphie, from Greek καλλιγραφία, from καλλιγράφος, writing a beautiful hand, from καλλι-, καλός, beautiful, + γράφειν, write.
 

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