CALLIGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calligraphy mean? 

• CALLIGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun CALLIGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. beautiful handwriting

  Familiarity information: CALLIGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALLIGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beautiful handwriting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

calligraphy; chirography; penmanship

Hypernyms ("calligraphy" is a kind of...):

hand; handwriting; script (something written by hand)

Derivation:

calligrapher (someone skilled in penmanship)

calligraphical (of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy)

calligraphist (someone skilled in penmanship)