chirography

American  

[kahy-rog-ruh-fee] / kaɪˈrɒg rə fi /

noun

1. handwriting; penmanship.

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chirography British  

/ kaɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ, ˌkaɪrəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

1. another name for calligraphy

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Other Word Forms

• chirographer noun
• chirographic adjective
• chirographical adjective

Etymology

Origin of chirography

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He returned within a minute with a cabinet-size photo upon the front of which was written, “From Loris, January ’18,” in the vertical chirography much practiced by social buds.

From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry

He was a bright, active young man, but his chirography resembled, in illegibility if not in form, the Egyptian hieroglyphics.

From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange

Visitants of the school expressed surprise at the neatness of their needle-work, and chirography.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)