calligraphy

CEFRC1

/kəˈlɪɡɹəfi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Beautiful and carefully formed handwriting.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A document written in decorative style.

Examples

  • Chinese calligraphy is considered an art form.

  • My fingers are all inky from the tragic calligraphy accident.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any such style of decorative writing.

  2. The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.

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In context

  • Learning calligraphy is fun.

  • 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.

  • There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation.

Synonyms

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She practiced beautiful blank using a special pen and ink on parchment.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).