chirography
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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
Not its content, but its chirography: stubborn, insecure, self-centered, secretive, ungenerous and frigid.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have known persons who seemed absolutely to plume themselves on the illegibility of their scrawls; because, unfortunately, so many men of genius have indulged in a most shameful style of chirography.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
She looked at the letter—her own familiar chirography started her out of countenance.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
As its bulk indicated, it was a lengthy epistle, and this length was more than doubled in reading matter by the fine chirography which covered its large pages.
From Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound by Clair, Victor St.
