autograph.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
Meaning & usage
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.
If you could just put your autograph on the ol’ contract, please…
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting; a handwritten copy.
Where this word comes from
From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Where this word comes from
From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc.
To write something in one's own handwriting.
Where this word comes from
From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.