calligraphist
- noun
- /ˌkælɪˈɡræfɪst/
- The invitations were addressed by a professional calligraphist using elegant, flowing script.
Examples
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The calligraphist created stunning invitations for the wedding.
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Maria is a talented calligraphist who works from home.
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A skilled calligraphist can turn ordinary text into a work of art.
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She dreams of becoming a renowned calligraphist and sharing her artwork around the world.
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A skilled calligraphist can turn ordinary text into a work of art.
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The invitations were addressed by a professional calligraphist using elegant, flowing script.
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Maria is a talented calligraphist who works from home.
Synonyms
A person who writes beautiful, decorative letters by hand
A person who writes for a living, for example a journalist or author
A person who writes or paints words on signs and art
A person skilled in writing a graceful, flowing 19th-century cursive script
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
calligraphist = calligraphy (transparent) = calligraphy + ist
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to 'calligraphy', producing a clear agentive meaning 'a person who practices calligraphy'.
Etymology
Calligraphist comes from Greek words: calli- meaning 'beautiful', -graph- meaning 'to write', and -ist meaning 'a person who does something'. So a calligraphist is someone who creates very beautiful handwriting, a person skilled in decorative, artistic writing.