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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

ταχύσ

quick +

-graphy

: cf. F.

tachygraphie

The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Noun.

[Gr. quick, and to write.] The art or practice of quick writing. [We now use stenography, and shorthand writing.

tachygraphy ‎(uncountable)

the art and practice of rapid writing

stenography as done in ancient times