logography

[ loh-gog-ruh-fee ]
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noun
  1. printing with logotypes.

  2. a method of longhand reporting, each of several reporters in succession taking down a few words.

Origin of logography

1
First recorded in 1775–85, logography is from the Greek word logographía speech writing. See logo-, -graphy

Other words from logography

  • lo·gog·ra·pher, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for logography

logography

/ (lɒˈɡɒɡrəfɪ) /


noun
  1. (formerly) a method of longhand reporting

Derived forms of logography

  • logographer, noun

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