chirography

noun

Etymology: From chirograph + -y under influence from geography &c., from French chirographe, from Latin chirographus and chirographum, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos) and χειρόγραφον (kheirógraphon), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + γραφος (graphos, “writing, written thing”). Equivalent to chiro- (“hand”) + -graphy (“writing”) and handwriting.

1. Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.

   “A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription.”

2. Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
3. Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
4. Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.