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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1637|origins=grc γράφω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɡɹæfɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|graphicus|t=picturesque]],^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[grc|γραφικός|tr=graphikós|t=of writing or drawing]], from [[m|grc|γραφή|tr=graphḗ|t=writing, drawing]], from [[m|grc|γράφω|tr=gráphō|t=to write]] (see [[-graphy]]).^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Drawn with a pencil or pen: before 1637, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Producing in words the effect of a picture, vividly descriptive, is from 1669, the 1660s in Etymonline;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''graphically'', vividly, is from the 1570s.^(Etymonline) Of or relating to drawing or painting, as the ''graphic arts'', is from 1756.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Of writing is from 1774,^(OED 1989) and using diagrams or curves from 1866.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Explicit in showing sex or violence is a later sense.^(Collins 2023)^(AHD) The noun, a picture or diagram, as in computer graphics, is from the late 19th century,^(SOED 2002) and ''graphic design'' by 1956.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1637 – drawn with a pen (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1669 – vividly descriptive.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1756 – of drawing or painting.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1866 – of diagrams.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1956 – graphic design.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Giving clear and vivid details, especially of something unpleasant; [[explicit]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of or relating to visual art, especially drawing, printing and [[engraving]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of or using [[diagram|alt=diagrams]] or graphs.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A picture, diagram or other visual image, especially one produced by [[computer]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[graphically]]

+ * [[graphicness]]

+ * [[graphicalness]]

+ * [[graph]]

+ * [[nongraphic]]

+ * [[ungraphic]]

+ * [[graphic design]]

+ * [[graphic novel]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[-graphic]]

+ * [[graphics]]

+ * [[graphite]]

+ * [[-graphy]]

+ * [[grammar]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}