Day: January 13, 2016

I can’t say more

Chirography,chirography-

Is it linked to psychopathy?

Psychopaths all live next door

To someone else ,I  feel quite  sure..

 

Yes,all  of us must learn to write.

But never,ever, impart spite

Neat and beautiful is  fine.

But  please your readers and don’t whine.

 

Form and content,to and fro

With the swings of life we go.

But keep the swings in balance or

You’ll fly off and be no more

 

In the end ,as clear as mud,

What we write should convey good.

For spite and malice ,e’en writ fine,

In    fiery hell we’ll spend our time.

 

The true  last judgment is  each day.

With  care and patience, we  must play.

While God lives inside a  flower

Though it bloom for a mere hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chirography

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Word of the Day : January 13, 2016

chirography

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noun kye-RAH-gruh-fee
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Definition

1 : handwriting, penmanship

2 : calligraphy

Examples

“This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850

“The stone bore confusing etchings: Arabic numerals coupled with Roman; the letter ‘H’ in ancient Spanish chirography; a puzzling mass of ovoid figures, circles and rectangles; and the weblike drawing that gave it its name.” — Evan Moore, The Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2001

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Did You Know?

Though some might argue that handwriting is a dying art in the age of electronic communication, this fancy word for it persists. The root graph means “writing” and appears in many common English words such as autograph and graphite. The lesser-known root chir, or chiro-, comes from a Greek word meaning “hand” and occurs in words such as chiromancy(“the art of palm reading”) and enchiridion (“a handbook or manual”), as well as chiropractic.Chirography first appeared in English in the 17th century and probably derived fromchirograph, a now rare word referring to any of various legal documents. Chirography should not be confused with choreography, which refers to the composition and arrangement of dances.