apograph
/ˈæpəɡɹæf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).
Example Sentences
- "Moreover, this is not a holograph but an apograph, made by a scribe for the printers – you will note that both mayors write the same hand."
- "For both C and R, as well as for all other corpora of Slavic manuscripts, including I and L, it has always been tacitly assumed that the scribe did not merely copy, but verified the text of his apograph via his own pronunciation (externally or internally), or even wrote upon dictation."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόγραφον (apógraphon), from ἀπογράφω (apográphō, “I copy”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, away from”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæpəɡɹæf/
- British English: /ˈapəɡɹɑːf/