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The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 14, 2012 is

chrysography
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(noun) The art of writing in letters of gold, practised by the writers of manuscripts in the early middle ages.

(noun) In Greek antiquity, the art of embroidering in gold, of inlaying other metals with gold, and the like.

‘Chrysography’ comes from the Greek ‘kahrysos,’ gold (which also gives us ‘chrysalis’) and ‘graphein,&rsquoRead More...