chirography.
Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Meaning & usage
Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.