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語源

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from tachy- (“fast”) +‎ -graphy (“written”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /tæˈkɪɡɹəfi/, /tə-/

名詞

tachygraphy (uncountable)

1. The art and practice of rapid writing.
2. (historical) Stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times.

   Coordinate terms: calligraphy, stenography

   • 1827, John Colin Dunlop, History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age‎^[1], volume II:

     Tiro, the favourite freedman of Cicero, greatly increased the number, and brought this sort of tachygraphy to its greatest perfection among the Romans.

派生語

• tachygrapher

関連する語

• tachograph

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “tachygraphy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• tachygraphy on Wikipedia.