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stenography|stɪˈnɒgrəfɪ|
[f. Gr. στενός narrow + -graphy. Cf. F. sténographie (1812 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. The art of writing in shorthand.
1602[J. Willis] (title) The Art of Stenographie, teaching.. the way of compendious Writing. 1632Brome North. Lass iii. ii, Sure tis Stenography, every Character a word: and here and there one for a whole sentence. 1791Boswell Johnson an. 1778, Although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my own of writing half-words, [etc.]. 1838J. Grant Sk. Lond. 264 A gentleman who was exceedingly fond of stenography previous to the derangement of his intellects,..incessantly wrote short⁓hand to his own dictation, after he was placed in an asylum. 1908Q. Rev. Oct. 528 Stenography has caused reporting to be more professional than in those days.
2. transf. and fig.
1647Cleveland Lond. Diurnal & Sel. Poems 33 Oh the accurst Stenographie of fate! The Princely Eagle shrunke into a Bat. 1664Power Exp. Philos. Pref. 8 In these prety Engines..by an Incomparable Stenography of Providence are lodged all the perfections of the largest Animals. 1837Dickens Pickw. vii, Mr. Pickwick was sufficiently versed in the stranger's system of stenography to infer from this rapid and disjointed communication that [etc.]. 1902A. Symons in Academy 23 Aug. 200/1 A fine play is not the copy of an incident, or the stenography of a character. 1911Q. Rev. July 229 The speech of the stage had become a mere stenography.
Hence † steˈnography v. [cf. stenograph v.]. trans., in quot. fig., to write or express in brief.
1652E. Benlowes Theoph. To my Fancie, Be Wit Stenography'd, yet free; 'Tis largest in Epitome. |