chirography
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of chirography
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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
The chirography of the girl, who could not write at the time of her mother's death, is precisely similar to hers—as similar as it is unlike that of the sister by whom she was educated.
From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion
I have known persons who seemed absolutely to plume themselves on the illegibility of their scrawls; because, unfortunately, so many men of genius have indulged in a most shameful style of chirography.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
Back, therefore, he hastened to the Imperial, where, however, his search for familiar chirography was fruitless.
From Final Proof or the Value of Evidence by Ottolengui, R.
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