calligraphy

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”). === Pronunciation === enPR: kə-lĭg'rə-fi, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪɡɹəfi/ === Noun === calligraphy (countable and uncountable, plural calligraphies) (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written. (countable) Any such style of decorative writing. (countable) A document written in decorative style. 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169, Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions. ==== Synonyms ==== (art or practice of decorative writing): chirography, penmanship ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: カリグラフィー (karigurafī) ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== calligraphy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === graphically