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Definition of Dactylology
1. n. The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
Definition of Dactylology
1. Noun. The use of the fingers and hands to communicate ideas, especially by the deaf. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dactylology
1. [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Dactylology
1. The use of the finger alphabet in talking. Synonym: cheirology, chirology, chirology. Origin: dactylo-+ G. Logos, word (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dactylology
Literary usage of Dactylology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"dactylology, the art of communicating with others by spelling words with the
fingers. By whom or at what period this method of conversation was first ..."
2. Proceedings of the Meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf by Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (1850)
"EXPOSITION OF THE SYLLABIC dactylology. , The alphabet can be used either with
one hand or with two, and will either spell words literatim, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... dactylology to divide and become hard and useless, it is language of the deaf
and dumb. ..... dactylology ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"dactylology. The simple art of communicating ideas by spelling words with the
fingere ... The chief, ami t!u most useful application of dactylology is m the ..."
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