THE FIRST WORD

holograph

PRONUNCIATION:

(HOL-uh-graf) 

MEANING:

noun: 1. A document handwritten by its author.
adjective: 2 Handwritten by the author.
noun: 3. A hologram: a three-dimensional image created using laser.

ETYMOLOGY:

For 1, 2: Via Latin, from Greek holographos, from holos (whole) + -graphos (written). Earliest documented use: 1623.
For 3: From holography, which was coined from hologram on the pattern of photography, from Greek holos (whole). Earliest documented use: 1968.

USAGE:

"Writing on a blackboard is like writing a letter, or a poem, by hand. For one class period, what you've written is your holograph."
Michael McFee; Ode to the Blackboard; The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, DC); May 19, 2014.