graphic
/ˈɡɹæfɪk/GRA-fik
/ˈɡɹæfɪk/GRA-fik
Meaningof writing
Common meaning: clear and vivid
Other meanings: to do with visual art
- graphto scratch marks, hence to write or drawLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 317 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ‘to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’.
Roots
- γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek “to scratch marks, hence to write or draw”
Related words
autobiographyautographbibliographybiographycalligraphyepigramepigraphethnographygeographylithographmonographorthography
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