单词 | calligraph |
释义 | calligraphn.1 Now rare. A person who practises the art or profession of calligraphy, a calligrapher; esp. a manuscript scribe. ΘΚΠ 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.2ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. transitive. To write (something) beautifully, ornamentally, or formally by hand; to render in calligraphy.In earlier use chiefly as past participle. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.11801n.21831v.1840 |
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