chironomia

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noun

Chironomy.

OriginLatin chīronomia ← Ancient Greek χειρονομία →
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Meanings

nounchironomia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableChironomy.

    Studies of chironomia had, from Elizabethan times, replicated the same descriptions of arm and hand gestures with the same prescription for their rhetorical.

    2003, Frederick Burwick, in Robyn Asleson, Notorious Muse, Yale University Press 2003, p. 130

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχειρονομία“gesticulation”
  2. Latinchīronomia
  3. Englishchironomia

From Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesticulation”).

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APA

chironomia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chironomia

MLA

“chironomia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chironomia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chironomia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chironomia.

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