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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: stenos 'narrow' + English -graphy

stenography

 noun
     
Related topics: Letters and punctuation
ste‧nog‧ra‧phy [uncountable]
American English or British English old-fashionedBSLA a fast way of writing in which you use special signs or short forms of words, used especially to record what someone is saying [= shorthand]
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