Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Knight (1791–1873), publisher and writer. From ancient Greek ῥύπος dirt, filth + -graphy, as alteration of rhyparography.
Definition of rhypography in US English:
rhypography
nounrɪˈpɒɡrəfi
= rhyparography.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Knight (1791–1873), publisher and writer. From ancient Greek ῥύπος dirt, filth + -graphy, as alteration of rhyparography.