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handwriting

noun
/ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

From hand + writing, equal to handwrite + -ing.

  1. derived from wrītan — “to scratch, carve, write”
  2. inherited from wrītende
  3. inherited from writinge
  4. compounded as handwriting — “hand + writing”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.

  2. Text that was written by hand.

  3. The characteristic writing of a particular person.

    • He took up the letter: well did he know the delicate and graceful handwriting; but he saw that the characters were tremulous, and it had obviously been written at different times.
    • It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students.
    • In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.

      • And, my friend believes, Armedov is getting paid by...? Yes, our friends at Langley! CIA handwriting all over it, he reckons!
      • The show needs to portray the designer's handwriting but it should also be innovative too.

    2. present participle and gerund of handwrite

The neighborhood

Derived

handwriting on the wall, the handwriting is on the wall

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at handwriting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at handwriting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at handwriting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA