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CHIRONOMY
Definition of CHIRONOMY
noun
The art of using effective hand gestures, especially in Greco-Roman contexts.
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Where it comes from
From French chironomie and directly from Latin chīronomia, from Ancient Greek χειρονομία (kheironomía, “gesturing, gesticulation”), from χειρονόμος (kheironómos, “mime, skilled gesturer”), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + νόμος (nómos, “controller, manager”), from νέμω (némō, “to control, to manage”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHIRONOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CHIRONOMY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHIMNOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CHIRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHIRONOMY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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