Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-g-ra-phy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Writing in one's own handwriting.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An autobiography.

Countable

Example Sentences

"In his autography, The Age of Turbulence, released by Penguin Press in September 2007—ironically, a few days before the second rate cut of the year—Greenspan says he thought it was wrong to increase scrutiny of subprime mortgages."

Etymology

From auto- + -graphy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto
Suffix: graphy

Usage

Inflected Forms

autographies (plural)

Derived Forms

bioautography polyautography

Frequently Paired Words

autograph

Rhymes With

photography geography biography bibliography pornography autobiography choreography topography cinematography discography tomography typography

Questions

What does autography mean?: Writing in one's own handwriting.
Where does autography come from?: From auto- + -graphy.

How to pronounce autography

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