chirography
Plural: chirographies
Noun
- beautiful handwriting
- 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.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
calligraphy, penmanship, autograph, fortune-telling based on one's hand, handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing, palmistry, writing in one's own hand
Scrabble Score: 25
chirography: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordchirography: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chirography: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary