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Jun 3, 2011 This week's theme Words made with combining forms This week's words logorrhea necrology phycology hagiocracy paleography This week's comments AWADmail 466 Next week's theme Onomatopoeic words Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg paleography PRONUNCIATION: (pay-lee-AWG-ruh-fee) MEANING: noun: 1. The study of ancient writings and inscriptions, dating, deciphering, and interpreting them. 2. Ancient forms of writing: documents, inscriptions, etc. 3. An ancient style or method of writing. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek paleo- (old, ancient) + -graphy (writing). Earliest documented use: 1763. USAGE: "Yanis Bitsakis, of the Center for History and Paleography in Athens, added that he expects to be busy for years to come deciphering still-unread inscriptions." Brian Handwerk; Greek "Computer" Tracked Ancient Olympics, Other Games; National Geographic News (Washington, DC); Jul 30, 2008. Explore "paleography" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)

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