chirography
/kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription."
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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
handwriting or penmanship
one's personal skill at writing
calligraphy
autograph
writing in one's own hand
palmistry
fortune-telling based on one's hand
penmanship