cheirology

Main Entry:  cheirology
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the use of the finger alphabet to communicate; also called chirology, dactylology
Etymology:  Greek cheiro 'hand''
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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