chirography

[ kahy-rog-ruh-fee ]

/ kaɪˈrɒg rə fi /

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noun

handwriting; penmanship.

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

chirm, chiro, chiro-, chirognostic, chirographic, chirography, chirokinesthesia, chiromancy, chiromegaly, chiron, chironomid

Origin of chirography

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

Related formschi·rog·ra·pher, nounchi·ro·graph·ic

[kahy-ruh-graf-ik] /ˌkaɪ rəˈgræf ɪk/, chi·ro·graph·i·cal, adjective

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Examples from the Web for chirography

After he had read the letter over carefully, he fell to scrutinizing the chirography.
Pretty Madcap Dorothy|Laura Jean Libbey
The chirography was the fashionable "long English;" the diction was good, and the orthography faultless.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)|Marion Harland
History and Biography show—perhaps you say to me—that many great men and great writers are deficient in spelling and chirography.
Ginger-Snaps|Fanny Fern
We can picture to ourselves Diemudis in her conventual dress, seated in the scriptorium, with her materials for chirography.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866|Various

It was done after the public reception, and "three hours' handshaking is not calculated to improve a man's chirography."
The Lincoln Story Book|Henry L. Williams

British Dictionary definitions for chirography

chirography

/ (kaɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

another name for calligraphy

Derived Formschirographer, nounchirographic (ˌkaɪrəˈɡræfɪk) or chirographical, adjective

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Word Origin and History for chirography

chirography

"handwriting," 1650s, from chiro- + -graphy. Chirograph "formal written legal document" is attested from late 13c. in Anglo-French, from Latin chirographum, from Greek kheirographia "written testimony."