chirography

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UK/kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/

noun

Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.

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handwriting or penmanshipone's personal skill at writingcalligraphyautographwriting in one's own handpalmistryfortune-telling based on one's handpenmanship
OriginFrench chirographe ← Latin chirographus ← Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος →
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Meanings

nounchirography (usually uncountable, plural chirographies)

plural chirographies

  1. uncountableusuallySynonym 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.

    1856, Edward Parrish, An Introduction to practical pharmacy

    Synonyms: handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing

  2. uncountableusuallySynonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.

    Synonyms: calligraphy

  3. uncountableusuallySynonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.

    Synonyms: autograph, writing in one's own hand

  4. uncountableusuallySynonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.

    Synonyms: palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.

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handwriting or penmanshipone's personal skill at writing

nounSynonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.

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calligraphy

nounSynonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.

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autographwriting in one's own hand

nounSynonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.

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palmistryfortune-telling based on one's hand

More synonyms by meaning

nounbeautiful handwriting

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calligraphypenmanship
Broader
handwritinghandscript
Also see
autographcalligraphyhandwritingpalmistrypenmanship

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχειρόγραφος
  2. Latinchirographus
  3. Frenchchirographe
  4. Englishchirography

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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Translations

Spanish quirografía
  • quirografíacalligraphy

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chirography

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Cite this entry
APA

chirography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chirography

MLA

“chirography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chirography. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chirography,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chirography.

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