calligraphy
pronunciation
How to pronounce calligraphy in British English:
UK [kəˈlɪgrəfi]
How to pronounce calligraphy in American English:
US [kəˈlɪɡrəfi]
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- Noun:
- beautiful handwriting
Word Origin
- calligraphy
- calligraphy: see kaleidoscope
- calligraphy (n.)
- 1610s, from Greek kaligraphia, from kallos "beauty" (see Callisto) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Related: Calligraphic. The usual comb. form in Greek was kalli- "beautiful, fine, happy, favorable;" kalo- was a later, rarer alternative form.
Example
- 1. Needless to say , traditional calligraphy is always done vertically .
- 2. Conventionally , china 's painting is directly connecting with calligraphy .
- 3. Demand for calligraphy classes soared at city lit a popular london college .
- 4. But I use mindmaps to develop skills and practise some japanese calligraphy .
- 5. The work is not really about calligraphy . I just use the metaphor .