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Chirography
//kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi// noun
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing. uncountable, usually
"A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription."
- 2 beautiful handwriting wordnet
- 3 Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. uncountable, usually
- 4 Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand. uncountable, usually
- 5 Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand. uncountable, usually
Etymology
From chirograph + -y under influence from geography &c., from French chirographe, from Latin chirographus and chirographum, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos) and χειρόγραφον (kheirógraphon), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + γραφος (graphos, “writing, written thing”). Equivalent to chiro- (“hand”) + -graphy (“writing”) and handwriting.
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