chirography

[ kahy-rog-ruh-fee ]

/ kaɪˈrɒg rə fi /

handwriting; penmanship.

Origin of chirography

First recorded in 1645–55; chiro- + -graphy

chi·rog·ra·pher, noun chi·ro·graph·ic

[kahy-ruh-graf-ik] /ˌkaɪ rəˈgræf ɪk/, chi·ro·graph·i·cal, adjective

After he had read the letter over carefully, he fell to scrutinizing the chirography.

Pretty Madcap Dorothy |Laura Jean Libbey
The chirography was the fashionable "long English;" the diction was good, and the orthography faultless.

The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) |Marion Harland
History and Biography show—perhaps you say to me—that many great men and great writers are deficient in spelling and chirography.

Ginger-Snaps |Fanny Fern
We can picture to ourselves Diemudis in her conventual dress, seated in the scriptorium, with her materials for chirography.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 |Various

It was done after the public reception, and "three hours' handshaking is not calculated to improve a man's chirography."

The Lincoln Story Book |Henry L. Williams

chirography

/ (kaɪˈrɒɡrəfɪ) /

another name for calligraphy

chirographer, noun chirographic (ˌkaɪrəˈɡræfɪk) or chirographical, adjective