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Definition of calligraphy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

calligraphy

noun
 
/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/
 
/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/
[uncountable]
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  1. beautiful handwriting that you do with a special pen or brush; the art of producing this
    • a poem written in neat italic calligraphy
    Topics Hobbiesc2, Artc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCalligraphy is used before these nouns:
    • pen
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek kalligraphia, from kalligraphos ‘person who writes beautifully’, from kallos ‘beauty’ + graphein ‘write’.
See calligraphy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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