英语词汇“chirology”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	chirology
释义	chirology\|kaɪˈrɒlədʒɪ\| Also cheir-. [a. F. chirologie, f. Gr. χειρο- hand + -λογία discourse.] †1. The art of speaking by signs made with the hands or fingers. Obs. [1644Bulwer (title), Chirologia, or the natvrall Langvage of the Hand.]1656Blount Glossogr., Chirology, a talking or speaking with the hand, or by signs made with the hand.1680Dalgarno Deaf and Dumb Man's Tutor Introd. (T.), Cheirology is interpretation by the transient motions of the fingers.a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xix, Such a fine Gesticulator, and in the Practice of Chirology an Artist so compleat..that with his very Fingers he doth speak. 2. The study of the hand: see chirologist. Hence chiroˈlogical a., chiroˈlogically adv. 1834–47Southey Doctor (1848) 528 Cheirologically speaking.
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