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单词 calligraph
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calligraphn.1

Brit. /ˈkalᵻɡrɑːf/, /ˈkalᵻɡraf/, U.S. /ˈkæləˌɡræf/
Forms: 1800s caligraph, 1800s– calligraph.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French calligraphe.
Etymology: < French calligraphe (1751) < post-classical Latin calligraphus fair writer, good penman (8th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek καλλιγράϕος penman, copyist < ancient Greek καλλι- , combining form of κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + -γραϕος -graph comb. form. Compare calligraph n.2, calligraphist n., and earlier calligrapher n.
Now rare.
A person who practises the art or profession of calligraphy, a calligrapher; esp. a manuscript scribe.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > copyist
librarya1382
scribe1535
exemplifier1552
stationer1576
copier1597
transcriber1610
transcriptor1617
copy-clerk1623
exscribera1631
bibliographer1656
calligrapher1662
librarian1670
copist1682
copyist1699
calligraph1801
copiator1811
calligraphist1816
copying clerk1836
chirographer1848
society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to handwriting style > [noun] > skilled or beautiful
penman1588
scribe1594
penmastera1661
penwoman1747
calligrapher1752
calligraph1801
calligraphist1816
1801 Monthly Mag. July 520/1 The expertness of Garamond in the art of engraving them [sc. Greek characters], after the models of the famous calligraph, Ange Vergece.
1853 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 83/2 The numerous scattered works of former zealous caligraphs.
1915 H. G. Dwight Constantinople xii. 366 [The fountain's] inscription was designed by the celebrated calligraph Dourmoush-zadeh Ahmed Effendi.
a1967 C. A. Storey Persian Lit. (1971) II. ii. 263 He was a poet and also a calligraph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

calligraphn.2

Brit. /ˈkalᵻɡrɑːf/, /ˈkalᵻɡraf/, U.S. /ˈkæləˌɡræf/
Forms: 1800s caligraph, 1800s– calligraph.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek καλλι- , κάλλος , -graph comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek καλλι-, combining form of κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + -graph comb. form. Compare earlier calligraphy n. and slightly earlier calligraph n.1Compare the following earlier example of the word as part of an epithet:1702 T. Weston in W. Banson Merchant's Penman p. i Tho. Weston, Philo-Calligraph.With the form caligraph compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry.
1. A person's handwriting; a particular style or example of handwriting; = hand n. 16a. Obsolete.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun]
handOE
scripturea1400
writing1440
written hand1520
hand write1568
handwriting1571
written hand1580
write1591
calligraphy1645
penmanship1695
hand of write1700
manuscript1771
autography1787
calography1803
calligraph1831
script1834
chirography1838
scription1846
hand lettering1864
back-hand1885
1831 Indiana Jrnl. 2 Nov. James Kent's caligraph is perfectly unique.
1843 Leicester Chron. 4 Feb. Judging from the contents of the letters, and the quality of the caligraph, we infer that they are the production of a female, and an uneducated one.
1885 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 11 Jan. 12/6 Hit'll be from my Halice, which she writes as neat a calligraph as ye could wish to see. You can't mistake it, young man. Hit's small hand ladylike.
2. A piece of beautiful handwriting; a specimen of calligraphy.
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society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > beautiful specimen
calligraph1878
1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic xxxvii, in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 109 Over the neat crow-quill calligraph His pen goes blotting.
1914 Kokka 25 89/1 He was good both at the improvisation of poems and at handwriting, as may be seen in this calligraph.
1999 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 2 Sept. A number of old Turkish miniature paintings and calligraphs were also on display in the room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

calligraphv.

Brit. /ˈkalᵻɡrɑːf/, /ˈkalᵻɡraf/, U.S. /ˈkæləˌɡræf/
Forms: 1800s caligraph, 1800s– calligraph.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: calligraph n.1
Etymology: Probably < calligraph n.1 Compare earlier photograph v., telegraph v., etc., and also earlier calligrapher n.With the form caligraph compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry.
transitive. To write (something) beautifully, ornamentally, or formally by hand; to render in calligraphy.In earlier use chiefly as past participle.
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society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > write in specific style [verb (transitive)] > beautifully
calligraph1840
1840 Blackburn Standard 23 Dec. 2/5 Certain courtiers..should each receive from us a ‘bit o' writin'’, elegantly caligraphed with a crow-quill.
1884 Athenæum 3 May 570/1 The roll of Shiuten Doji, a famous Japanese outlaw of the tenth century..was finely calligraphed and illuminated.
1907 Trans. & Proc. Japan Soc. 7 363 Nearly every xylograph has an illustrative poem or two calligraphed within its cadre.
1986 M. R. Anand in M. R. Anand & S. B. Rao Panorama 227 They were calligraphed and picturised by Arab, Byzantine and Indian craftsmen.
2014 Mint (Nexis) 26 Sept. She also recites every mantra as she calligraphs it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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