grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia +
(Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)
As indicated at the bottom of this page, there are at least 1,140 graphic word groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how significant the grapho- element is to the English language.
hagiographer
1. A writer of biographies of the saints.
2. A writer of biographies that treat their subjects with a great deal of reverence.
3. A writer of the Hebrew Bible; such as, a writer of the Hagiographa.
4. Someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person; as if that person were a saint.
hagiographic
1. A reference to the study of saints.
2. Relating to a biography of a saint.
3. Characterized by a biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
hagiographical
A reference to an important literary genre in the early millennia of the Christian church, providing informational history as well as inspirational stories and legend.
A hagiographical account of an individual saint can constitute a vita, or a brief biography.
hagiographist
Someone who writes about the lives of saints.
hagiography
1. Writing about the lives of saints.
2. Saints’ lives as a branch of literature or legend.
haligraphy
A treatise or dissertation on the nature and quality of salts.
haliography
A description of the sea.
halography
A treatise or dissertation on the nature and quality of salts.
haplography
The accidental omission in writing or copying of one or more adjacent and similar letters, syllables, words, or lines; such as, tagme for tagmeme or mispell instead of misspell.
hectograph
A machine employing a glycerin-coated layer of gelatin in order to make copies of typed or written material.
helicograph
1. An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
2. An instrument for drawing helices.
heliograph
1. An instrument that reflects sunlight to a remote station; used especially in signaling and surveying.
2. Name given to an engraving obtained by a process in which a specially prepared plate is acted on chemically by exposure to light.
3. An apparatus for taking photographs of the sun.
4. An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight.
heliographic
1. A reference to an apparatus that takes photographs of the sun.
2. Relating to an instrument that measures the intensity of sunlight.
heliography
1. The use of a signaling device that uses flashes of sunlight.
Two mirrors reflect sunlight on a distant point through a shutter so that messages may be transmitted in telegraphic code.
2. A process where an instrument records the amount and duration of sunshine, often on a strip of blueprint paper.
hepatography
The description of the liver, its attachments and functions; radiography of the liver.
Related "writing" word units:
glypto-;
gram-;
scrib-, script-.
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