glyptography

Other forms of glyptography

plural

glyptographies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about glyptography

What does glyptography mean?

glyptography means "carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glyptography?

glyptography has 4 syllables: glyp-to-gra-phy. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for glyptography?

Close synonyms include glyptic art. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glyptography a common word?

glyptography is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.