| 2. | (usually lowercase ) Also, fractur. | a. | a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or watercolor-and-ink painting in the Pennsylvania-German tradition, often bearing elaborate calligraphy and standardized motifs, as birds, tulips, mermaids, and unicorns, and typically appearing on a book page, baptismal certificate or other family record, or merchant's advertisement. | | b. | the elaborate calligraphy used in frakturs. | |
[frahk-toor] 