noun / adjective
holograph
HOH-luh-graf/ˈhəʊləɡræf/
A document written entirely in its author's own hand.
The archive preserves a holograph of the poet's final letter.
Etymology
The roots mean “written in full”; the Greek compound described writing entirely by the same hand. A holograph is therefore a document whose author personally wrote the whole text.
In context
there is one other surviving talisman in Iban Arab's hand from the holograph of Kitab Juliet
More examples
- Every page of this holograph is in the novelist's handwriting.
- Her holograph will names her sister as the sole heir.
- The museum displays two holographs beside their printed versions.
Forms
holograph · holographs
holographic adjective — Written entirely in the author's own handwriting.
Similar words
- manuscript
- May be handwritten or typed, regardless of who wrote it.
- autograph
- An author's own writing, often just a signature.