autography

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ -graphy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

autography (countable and uncountable, plural autographies)

1. Writing in one's own handwriting.
2. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.
3. (countable, rare) An autobiography.
   • 2005, Addison Wiggin, The Demise of the Dollar...: And Why It's Even Better for Your Investments, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, published 2008, →ISBN, page unknown:

     In his autography, The Age of Turbulence, released by Penguin Press in September 2007—ironically, a few days before the second rate cut of the year—Greenspan says he thought it was wrong to increase scrutiny of subprime mortgages.

Derived terms

• bioautography
• polyautography

 

Related terms

• autograph

Translations

process in lithography

• Bulgarian: автогра́фия f (avtográfija), автогра́ф (bg) m (avtográf)
• Polish: autografia f