chirography
noun
handwriting; penmanship.
chirographer
-
a word derived from
chirography.
Example Sentences
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Willie, because of his proficiency as a chirographer, always wrote the date line in the register.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon
The most unevenly printed, and therefore, I suppose, the primitial gem, is the Tractatus de mendicitate spirituali, in which not only rubiform capitals, but whole words, have been inserted by a chirographer.
From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
