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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈlɪgrəfi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈlɪgrəfi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kə lig′rə fē)

cal•lig•ra•phy /kəˈlɪgrəfi/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

beautiful handwriting.

cal•lig•ra•pher, cal•lig•ra•phist, n. [countable]See -graph-.

cal•lig•ra•phy (kə lig′rə fē),USA pronunciation n.

fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes:She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
handwriting; penmanship.
the art of writing beautifully:He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.
a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, esp. Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.
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•lig′ra•pher, cal•lig′ra•phist, n.
cal′li•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

calligraphy /kəˈlɪɡrəfɪ/ n

handwriting, esp beautiful handwriting considered as an art

calˈligrapher, calˈligraphist n calligraphic /ˌkælɪˈɡræfɪk/, calligraphical /ˌkælɪˈɡræfɪkəl/ adj

'calligraphy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

cacography - calli- - chirography - -graphy - minim - Tobey - calligraph - Fraktur - grass style - hand - lettering - running hand

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