artographer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An artist who uses photography as the basis of his or her work.
Example Sentences
- "This amateur artographer works like a pro. He owns a Pentax."
- "A whole salonful of artographers!"
- "Its their vision or at least the vision of whom they represent that accommodates the flourishing artographers."
- "Once it was all over, the crowd formed around them once more to gaze at the artographer, his muse, and the work that was a product of them both."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph blend English artographer Blend of art + photograph.