n.
Pronunciation: b ī - ' ä-gr ə -f ē also b ē -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -phies
Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bi- + -graphia -graphy
Date: 1683
1 : a usually written history of a person's life
2 : biographical writings as a whole
3 : an account of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building)