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  1. n. rare Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.

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  1. French (Wiktionary)

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  • “But I must reserve a description of these trips until another letter, as I am sure you will be heartily tired by the time you have got through my griffonage.”

    Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N.

  • “This is a fine griffonage, to be sure! but I have not patience to write prettily; if you can only read it, it will do well enough.”

    The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • “There was a heap of little crumpled bills which, with Felicie's griffonage, Helen had thrown into her table-drawer.”

    Tales and Novels — Volume 10

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  • mtc Although griffonage is unrelated to the mythical beast, why do we associate birds with poor handwriting, e.g., the part-bird griffon and chicken scratch? We use bird plumes to write, but we associate bird feet with scratchy, illegible writing. Jan 23, 2013

  • lil_grammar_nazi To someone coming unawares upon this word, it might seem to have a connection to that fabulous beast called the griffin or gryphon, the one with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Or might it perhaps refer to the vulture with that cognomen or breeds of dog similarly named, both of which derive from an older English spelling of griffin? Alas, no. It’s more prosaic than that.

    Readers with knowledge of French will be at an advantage, since the word appears in that language, as griffonnage, a noun that is formed from the verb griffonner, to scribble or scrawl. A griffonage is therefore an illegible scrawl.

    http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-gri1.htm Feb 11, 2010

  • whichbe Illegible or sloppy hand writing. (From Grandiloquent Dictionary) Jul 6, 2008

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