What's an autograph, anyway?

[David Atkatz]

From the OED:
autograph (auto|graph)

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəgrɑːf/
noun

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1a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer: fans surged around the car asking for autographs

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2a manuscript or musical score in an author’s or musician’s own handwriting: the earliest version of the work is possibly an autograph
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[mass noun] a person’s handwriting: a songbook in Purcell’s autograph

verb
[with object]

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write one’s signature on (something); sign: the whole team autographed a shirt for him (as adjective autographed) an autographed photo

adjective

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written in the author’s own handwriting: an autograph manuscript
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(of a painting or sculpture) done by the artist, not by a copier: five of the drawings are accepted as autograph

Derivatives

autographic
Pronunciation: /-ˈgrafɪk/
adjective

Origin:early 17th century: from French autographe or late Latin autographum, from Greek autographon, neuter of autographos 'written with one's own hand', from autos 'self' + graphos 'written'