chironomyn.

/kʌɪˈrɒnəmi/

Forms: Also 1500s chyronomie, 1800s cheironomy.

Etymology: < Latin chīronomia, < Greek χειρονομία management of the hands, gesticulation, < χειρονόμος one who practises pantomimic gestures, < χειρο- hand + -νομος managing, etc. In French chironomie.

a. The art or science of gesticulation, or of moving the hands according to rule in oratory, pantomime, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory

rhetoric1569

action1579

chironomy1670

1644 J. Bulwer (title) Chirologia..wherevnto is added Chironomia or the Art of Manual Rhetorick.]

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. ī.iij^v He must haue..a chyronomie, or decent acting with his handes.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxix. 114 Cheironomy, or the decorous and expressive movement of the hands.

b. Used by an etymological conceit for ‘hand law’ with allusion to chirograph.

ΚΠ

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 121 b A solemne Chyronomie, or hand law and prescript woordes.

Derivatives

† chiˈronomer n. Obsolete one who practises or professes chironomy.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory > person who

chironomer1644

chironomon1644

chironomont1644

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 13 Give me, quoth he, Royall Sir, this Chironomer.

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia i. vi. 36 To see in a Chironomer..the Muscles of his Hand should bee directed so swiftly to the Nerves of his instrument.

chiroˈnomic adj. and (badly)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adjective] > in oratory

chironomatic1693

chironomic1746

1746 W. Melmoth tr. Pliny Lett. ix. Let. 34 (note) (R.) Chironomic art, so much studied by the antients.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xxi. 291 Assisting his meditations by certain mysterious chironomic signs.

† chironoˈmatic adj. Obsolete of or pertaining to chironomy.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adjective] > in oratory

chironomatic1693

chironomic1746

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xix. 159 A Chironomatick Italianising of his Demand, with various Jectigation of his Fingers.

chironomon n. [ < Latin chīronomōn, Greek χειρονομῶν, -οῦντα] = chironomer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory > person who

chironomer1644

chironomon1644

chironomont1644

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 12 The first man that usurped the name of Chironomon or Pantomime among the Romans was Pylades.

chironomont n. [ < Latin chīronomōn, Greek χειρονομῶν, -οῦντα] = chironomer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory > person who

chironomer1644

chironomon1644

chironomont1644

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 12 Lipsius confounds these structores or carvers, with the Chironomonts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	chironomy
释义	chironomyn. /kʌɪˈrɒnəmi/ Forms: Also 1500s chyronomie, 1800s cheironomy. Etymology: < Latin chīronomia, < Greek χειρονομία management of the hands, gesticulation, < χειρονόμος one who practises pantomimic gestures, < χειρο- hand + -νομος managing, etc. In French chironomie. a. The art or science of gesticulation, or of moving the hands according to rule in oratory, pantomime, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory rhetoric1569 action1579 chironomy1670 1644 J. Bulwer (title) Chirologia..wherevnto is added Chironomia or the Art of Manual Rhetorick.] 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) Pref. sig. ī.iij^v He must haue..a chyronomie, or decent acting with his handes. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxix. 114 Cheironomy, or the decorous and expressive movement of the hands. b. Used by an etymological conceit for ‘hand law’ with allusion to chirograph. ΚΠ 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 121 b A solemne Chyronomie, or hand law and prescript woordes. Derivatives † chiˈronomer n. Obsolete one who practises or professes chironomy. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory > person who chironomer1644 chironomon1644 chironomont1644 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 13 Give me, quoth he, Royall Sir, this Chironomer. 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia i. vi. 36 To see in a Chironomer..the Muscles of his Hand should bee directed so swiftly to the Nerves of his instrument. chiroˈnomic adj. and (badly) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adjective] > in oratory chironomatic1693 chironomic1746 1746 W. Melmoth tr. Pliny Lett. ix. Let. 34 (note) (R.) Chironomic art, so much studied by the antients. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xxi. 291 Assisting his meditations by certain mysterious chironomic signs. † chironoˈmatic adj. Obsolete of or pertaining to chironomy. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [adjective] > in oratory chironomatic1693 chironomic1746 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xix. 159 A Chironomatick Italianising of his Demand, with various Jectigation of his Fingers. chironomon n. [ < Latin chīronomōn, Greek χειρονομῶν, -οῦντα] = chironomer n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory > person who chironomer1644 chironomon1644 chironomont1644 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 12 The first man that usurped the name of Chironomon or Pantomime among the Romans was Pylades. chironomont n. [ < Latin chīronomōn, Greek χειρονομῶν, -οῦντα] = chironomer n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > in oratory > person who chironomer1644 chironomon1644 chironomont1644 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 12 Lipsius confounds these structores or carvers, with the Chironomonts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1569
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