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calligraphy

[kuh-lig-ruh-fee] / kəˈlɪg rə fi /
NOUN
chirography
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NOUN
hand
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That preparation included lessons in calligraphy, horseback riding, piano and Regency dancing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

It looked disorientingly familiar to a fellow Egyptian American: Art from Egypt lined the walls, with brass pieces and calligraphy you’d find in a Cairo bazaar.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026

Classes included economics and English, as well as meditation, calligraphy and kendo, a martial art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

To illustrate, she holds up a box of charred scraps covered in Arabic calligraphy.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

She couldn’t understand it because the writing was so fancy, like calligraphy.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Brienne calligraphies his final noble life deeds into the Book of Brothers, using phrases like “impossible odds” and “alone” and “without loss of life.”

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019




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