tachygraphy

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English

WOTD – 12 April 2006

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ταχυγράφος (takhugráphos). By surface analysis, tachy- (“fast”) +‎ -graphy (“writing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæˈkɪɡɹəfi/, /tə-/
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Noun

tachygraphy (uncountable)

  1. The art and practice of rapid writing.
  2. (historical) Stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times.
    Coordinate terms: calligraphy, stenography
    • 1827, John Colin Dunlop, History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age‎, volume II:
      Tiro, the favourite freedman of Cicero, greatly increased the number, and brought this sort of tachygraphy to its greatest perfection among the Romans.

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