Meanings
- uncountableartThe depiction of great or grand things, such as heroes and gods; painting on a large scale
The room was decorated with magnificent megalography, overwhelming the viewer upon entrance.
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What were, in short, these astonishing decorators of all sorts, lavishing frescoes, ceilings, and that historical megalography which surprises us even now by its boldness and breadth?
1889, Octave Uzanne, The Mirror of the World, King's Street, London: John C. Nimmo, page 21The Pompeian houses are usually small; the space which the architect gave over to the painter was not, as a rule, of great extent, and was little suited for what the Greeks styled "megalography."
1896, Gaston Boissier, translated by D. Havelock Fisher, Rome and Pompeii: Archaeological Rambles, New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 425Antonyms: rhopography
- uncountablemedicinemacrography; form of dysgraphia defined by unusually large handwriting
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe depiction of great or grand things, such as heroes and gods; painting on a large scale
Origin
- Ancient Greekμεγαλογραφία
- Englishmegalography
From Ancient Greek μεγαλογραφία (megalographía). Morphologically megalo- + -graphy,
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Ancient Greek μεγαλογραφία
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Catalan megalografia
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French mégalographie
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German Megalographie, Großmalerei
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Italian megalografia
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Latin megalographia
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Polish megalografia
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Portuguese megalografia
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Russian мегалография
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Spanish megalografía
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Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
megalography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalography
“megalography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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