chirography
4 synonyms for chirography, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Another word for handwriting: a person's own individual style of writing by hand.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
Another word for handwriting: a person's own individual style of writing by hand.
3. noun
Another term for palmistry, the practice of telling someone's fortune from their hand.
Etymology
Chirography is formed from chirograph and -y, under the influence of words like geography. It traces back through French chirographe, from Latin chirographus and chirographum, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos) and χειρόγραφον (kheirógraphon), themselves from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) plus γραφος (graphos,...
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