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Definition of Chirography
1. Noun. Beautiful handwriting.
Generic synonyms: Hand, Handwriting, Script
Derivative terms: Calligrapher, Calligraphical, Calligraphist, Penman
Definition of Chirography
1. n. The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.
Definition of Chirography
1. Noun. calligraphy or penmanship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chirography
1. [n -PHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirography
Literary usage of Chirography
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Rhetoric: A Course in Plain Prose Composition by Alphonso Gerald Newcomer (1898)
"If an instructor has to puzzle over the chirography of a written composition,
... chirography.—Almost any writer can, with due care, write legibly. ..."
2. A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects by Charles Simmons (1852)
"chirography. Burritt. To correspondents we wish that elevated attainment of ...
An unintelligible, slovenly chirography would seem to be the original sin of ..."
3. History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts: Including Lynnfield, Saugus by Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall (1865)
"... 'but fortunately the value of a sign manual does not depend on the chirography.
It is not wonderful that such signatures put Andros in mind of scratches ..."
4. Literary and Theological Review by Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon (1835)
"... but the chirography and arduous literary labour in revising and retouching,
are by a medical gentleman, late of the army, who has published valuable ..."
5. The Bibliography of Vermont: Or, A List of Books and Pamphlets Relating in by Marcus Davis Gilman (1897)
"... her constant and continued service in behalf of the Bibliography of Vermont ;
the compositors especially appreciate her clear and beautiful chirography. ..."
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