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chirography

American  
[kahy-rog-ruh-fee] / kaɪˈrɒg rə fi /

noun

  1. handwriting; penmanship.


chirography British  
/ kaɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. another name for calligraphy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of chirography

First recorded in 1645–55; chiro- + -graphy


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Even though some words were beyond their ken, 1947-5 boys & girls batted 44.68% on such items as accessible, chirography, descendant and evanescent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not its content, but its chirography: stubborn, insecure, self-centered, secretive, ungenerous and frigid.

From Time Magazine Archive

My darling Brother,— I owe you two good long letters, and am ashamed to think how long it is since you have seen my crabbed chirography.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott

The writing as an example of the chirography of the century is of interest.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

He opened one of the letters and read slowly, his brows drawn together in an effort to decipher his partner’s chirography.

From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs

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