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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cal•lig•ra•phy /kəˈlɪgrəfi/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. beautiful handwriting.
cal•lig•ra•pher, cal•lig•ra•phist, n. [countable]See -graph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cal•lig•ra•phy  (kə ligrə fē),USA pronunciation 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 Artline 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.
  • Greek kalligraphía beautiful writing. See calli-, -graphy
  • 1605–15
cal•ligra•pher, cal•ligra•phist, n. 
cal′li•graphi•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
calligraphy /kəˈlɪɡrəfɪ/ n
  1. handwriting, esp beautiful handwriting considered as an art
calˈligrapher, calˈligraphist n calligraphic /ˌkælɪˈɡræfɪk/, calligraphical /ˌkælɪˈɡræfɪkəl/ adj

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