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-graphy
CIDE DICTIONARY
-graphy, [Gr. , fr. write. See Graphic.].
A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
-graphy, comb. form forming nouns denoting:
1 a descriptive science (bibliography; geography).
2 a technique of producing images (photography; radiography).
3 a style or method of writing, drawing, etc. (calligraphy).
1 a descriptive science (bibliography; geography).
2 a technique of producing images (photography; radiography).
3 a style or method of writing, drawing, etc. (calligraphy).
Etymology
from or after F or G -graphie f. L -graphia f. Gk -graphia writing
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