chirography
/kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/
构词拆解
-y
后缀
- -y
- Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”. · Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".
也可拆解为
- chiro-
- hand · (sign language) sign language
- -graphy
- Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject. · Field of study.
词源链
- 英语
词源说明
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.
释义
名词noun
- 1Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
- 2Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
- 3