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Definition of "tachygraphy" []

  • The art or practice of rapid writing or shorthand, especially the stenography of the ancient Greeks and Romans. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tachygraphy" in a sentence
  • "Meseems it is in its way a style of tachygraphy or short-hand such as I use to set down these pages."
  • "More than this, Innocent needed a secretary for his vast correspondence, and, struck with the tachygraphy of Kallias, had asked him to return to Rome after he had delivered his missives, and to take a permanent place in his household."
  • "Councils -- e.g. Chalcedon -- seem to be due to very successful tachygraphy."