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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
    uncountable
  2. macrography; form of dysgraphia defined by unusually large handwriting
    uncountable

Equivalents

Español megalografía
Français mégalographie
Italiano megalografia
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

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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