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chirography

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Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
25
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/

Definition of chirography

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
    “A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
    “A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription.”
  2. (uncountable, usually)Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
  3. (uncountable, usually)Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
  4. (uncountable, usually)Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.

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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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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

77 words

3-letter words

58 words

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