autolithography [aw-toh-li-thog-ruh-fee] WORD ORIGIN noun a lithographic technique by which the artist draws or traces with a brush and pen directly on a stone or plate. Liberaldictionary.com What It Really Means to Call Someone "Crude" Can You Translate These Famous Phrases From Emoji? These Are the Longest Words in English These Are the Saddest Phrases in English Origin of autolithography First recorded in 1870–75; auto-1 + lithography Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019