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calligramme

calligramme is the alternative form of calligram.

Meaning of calligram

Noun

calligram (plural calligrams)

  1. A word, phrase or longer text in which the typeface or the layout has some special significance.
    • The next calligram, which depicts a horse, presents several interesting problems. Among other things, the figure is juxtaposed with seven lines of poetry arranged in traditional fashion.1993, Willard Bohn, Apollinaire, Visual Poetry, and Art Criticism, Bucknell University Press, →ISBN, page 99
  2. A signature made from interwoven Arabic words.

Forms of calligramme

pluralcalligrammes

Questions about calligramme

What is calligramme the alternative form of?
Calligramme is the alternative form of calligram.

Words near calligramme in the dictionary

  1. Callignee
  2. Callignee North
  3. Callignee South
  4. calligraffiti
  5. calligram
  6. calligramme
  7. calligrammes
  8. calligrams
  9. calligraph
  10. calligraphed
  11. calligrapher

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