chirography
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- chirographer noun
- chirographic adjective
- chirographical adjective
Etymology
Origin of chirography
Example Sentences
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Not its content, but its chirography: stubborn, insecure, self-centered, secretive, ungenerous and frigid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even though some words were beyond their ken, 1947-5 boys & girls batted 44.68% on such items as accessible, chirography, descendant and evanescent.
From Time Magazine Archive
But apart from the question of chirography one other manifestation constantly reminded Mortmain of his crime.
From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny
We shall not object to your chirography, so you must practise it often, and let me hear of your progress and well-doing.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
Just as Freyer reached the door, a man hurried in with a letter, Freyer recognized the large well-known chirography on the envelope as he passed--Countess Wildenau's handwriting.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
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