tachygraphy
English
    
WOTD – 12 April 2006
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /tæˈkɪɡɹəfi/, /tə-/
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Noun
    
tachygraphy (uncountable)
- The art and practice of rapid writing.
- (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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the art and practice of rapid writing
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stenography as done in ancient times
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Further reading
    
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tachygraphy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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