paraph
9.9
A small flourish written after a signature to make it hard to copy
- noun
- /ˈpærəf/
- Specialized
:
paráfaro
- To prevent forgery, she always included a distinctive paraph when signing important documents.
Examples
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The artist added a beautiful paraph at the end of his signature to make it unique.
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His official documents were marked with a unique paraph that represented his personal style.
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Eve's flying loincloth as his paraph. 39
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
flourish
vsparaph
1
7.4
A fancy curved line added to handwriting or a signature
is placed after or under a signature to help prevent forgery
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paraph comes from parts like para- and -graph meaning 'beside' and 'writing', as in the word paragraph. A paraph is a small decorative mark added beside or under a signature to make it unique, so it helps prevent forgery.