[f. as prec. + -IST.]
† 1. One who practises sleight of hand. Obs.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 239*. Stageplayers and juglers, which therefore we call Chirosophists, that is, slight-handed.
2. = CHIROMANCER.
1755. Johnson, Chirographist. This word is used … improperly, for one that tells fortunes, by examining the hand: the true word is chirosophist, or chiromancer. (Hence in mod. Dicts.)
