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noun
1.
a person's own signature: He collects autographs of artists.
2.
something written in a person's own hand, as a manuscript or letter.
adjective
3.
written by a person's own hand: an autograph letter.
4.
containing autographs: an autograph album.
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Autographs
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used with object)
5.
to write one's name on or in; sign: to autograph a book.
6.
to write with one's own hand.
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Word Origin & History
autograph
1791, from L. autographum, from Gk. autographon, neut. of autographos "written with one's own hand," from autos- "self" (comb. form) + graphein "to write" (originally "to scratch"). Used earlier (1640s) to mean "author's own manuscript." The verb, meaning "to sign one's name" dates from 1837.
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