*Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) cal·lig·ra·phy /k?'l?gr?fi/ [kuh-lig-ruh-fee] –noun
- fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- handwriting; penmanship
- the art of writing beautifully: He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.
- a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, esp. Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value
- Fine Arts. line or a group of lines either derived from or resembling letter forms and characterized by qualities usually associated with cursive writing, esp. that produced with a brush or pen.
[Origin: 1605–15; < Gk kalligraphía beautiful writing. See calli-, -graphy>
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