a. [ad. Gr. καλλιγραφικός, in same sense, f. καλλιγράφος: see -IC.] Of or pertaining to calligraphers or calligraphy.
1774. T. Warton, Hist. Poetry, Diss. II. (1840), I. 101. Excellence in the calligraphic art.
1809. Monthly Mag., XXVIII. 187. Two specimens of her calligraphic skill are carefully preserved in the Bodleian library.
1882–3. Schaff, Relig. Encycl., III. 2556/1. The calligraphic principle, or effort to write beautifully and ornamentally, came in.
