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Meaning of megalography | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌmɛɡəˈlɒɡrəfi

Definitions

  1. The depiction of great or grand things, such as heroes and gods; painting on a large scale
  2. macrography; form of dysgraphia defined by unusually large handwriting

Equivalents

Català megalografía
Español megalografía
Français mégalographie
Italiano megalografia
Latina megalographia
Português megalografia
Русский мегалография

Examples

“The room was decorated with magnificent megalography, overwhelming the viewer upon entrance.”
“What were, in short, these astonishing decorators of all sorts, lavishing frescoes, ceilings, and that historical megalography which surprises us even now by its boldness and breadth?”
“The Pompeian houses are usually small; the space which the architect gave over to the painter was not, as a rule, of great extent, and was little suited for what the Greeks styled "megalography."”

CEFR level

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