papyrograph

English

Etymology

From papyro- +‎ -graph.

Noun

papyrograph (plural papyrographs)

1. (historical) An early device for reproducing documents by means of a paper stencil and corrosive ink.
2. (rare, obsolete) Synonym of papyrology.

Derived terms

• papyrographer
• papyrographic
• papyrography

 

Verb

papyrograph (third-person singular simple present papyrographs, present participle papyrographing, simple past and past participle papyrographed)

1. (historical) To use a papyrograph; to copy by means of a papyrograph.
   • 1892 November 1, Mary Whiton Calkins, “Experimental Psychology at Wellesley College”, in The American Journal of Psychology, page 465:

     Papyrographed descriptions of the experiments were distributed to the students and commented on in class before the experiments were undertaken.

References

• “papyrograph, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• “† papyrograph, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.