chirography
- noun
- /ˌkaɪrəˈɡrɑfi/
- Archaic
:
caligrafía
- Here too, peculiarity entered the picture by way of Proctor's "execrable" chirography that begot a "perfect abhorrence" in printers throughout the country.
Examples
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The calligrapher showcased his chirography at the art exhibit, impressing visitors with his skill.
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Printing, even more than chirography, tended to inject precision, structure, a sense of order and closure into "oral texts" and to transform the text into something apparently more stable and inflexible.
Academic text (1992) -
In this regard, Leonelo's reservations about typography are comparable to Plato's complaints about chirography, the only script known in residually oral ancient Greece.
Academic text (1992) -
Her chirography was so beautiful that everyone admired her handwritten letters.
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With practice, my chirography improved, and I began to enjoy writing by hand again.
Synonyms
141
1.4
The way a person writes letters and words by hand
93
8.1
The way a person forms letters when they write
18
4.6
Handwriting that shows a person's style of writing
17
7.1
Beautiful writing done by hand used for decoration or art
15
5.3
The skill of writing by hand clearly and neatly
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
chirography = chiro + graph + y
The meaning is compositionally related to 'hand' and writing, but it relies on classical combining forms rather than everyday English words, so it is only partly transparent for typical learners.
Etymology
The word chirography comes from Greek parts chiro- meaning 'hand' and -graphy meaning 'writing', so it literally means 'hand-writing' and that is why chirography refers to the art or style of beautiful handwriting.