autograph
English
Etymology
From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Pronunciation
Noun
autograph (plural autographs)
- A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
- Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
- A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
Synonyms
- (person’s own handwriting or signature): signature, inscription
- (manuscript in author’s hand): protograph, holograph, archetype, original
Derived terms
Translations
signature
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hand-written manuscript
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Adjective
autograph (not comparable)
- Written in the author’s own handwriting.
- (art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
- 1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37:
- Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph.
- 1992, Malise Forbes Adam & Mary Mauchline, in Wendy Wassyng Roworth (ed.), Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books 1992, p. 116:
- Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph.
- 1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37:
Translations
hand-written manuscript
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Verb
autograph (third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed)
- (transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
- (transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
Translations
to sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book
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to write something in one’s own handwriting
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