Dictionary

tachygraphy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tæˈkɪɡɹəfi/
• (US) audio
• /tə-/

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ταχυγράφος (takhugráphos). By surface analysis, tachy- (“fast”) + -graphy (“writing”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The art and practice of rapid writing.
2. (historical, uncountable) Stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times.
   • Tiro, the favourite freedman of Cicero, greatly increased the number, and brought this sort of tachygraphy to its greatest perfection among the Romans. 1827, John Colin Dunlop, History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age, volume II:

Coordinates

stenography · calligraphy

Deriveds

tachygraphic · tachygrapher · tachygraphist

Relateds

tachograph

Translations (6)

es taquigrafía (the art and practice of rapid writing) · fr tachygraphie (stenography as done in ancient times) · pt taquigrafia (stenography as done in ancient times) · fr tachygraphie (the art and practice of rapid writing) · ca taquigrafia (the art and practice of rapid writing) · pt taquigrafia (the art and practice of rapid writing)