| word | calligraphy |
|---|---|
| definition | The art of producing beautiful handwriting. |
| eg_sentence | Calligraphy can be seen today in event invitations, logo designs, and stone inscriptions. |
| explanation | Kalli- is a Greek root meaning “beautiful,” and “beautiful” in the case of calligraphy means artistic, stylized, and elegant. Calligraphy has existed in many cultures, including Indian, Persian, and Islamic cultures; Arabic puts a particularly high value on beautiful script, and in East Asia calligraphy has long been considered a major art. Calligraphers in the West use pens with wide nibs, with which they produce strokes of widely differing width within a single letter |
| IPA | kəˈlɪgrəfi |
Tags: mwvb::unit:13, mwvb::unit:13:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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