Definitions for dactylology

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dactylology dac·ty·lol·o·gy

Spelling: [dak-tuh-lol-uh-jee]

IPA: /ˌdæk təˈlɒl ə dʒi/

Dactylology is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 326 anagrams from letters in dactylology (acdgllootyy).

Definitions for dactylology

noun

1. the technique of communicating by signs made with the fingers, especially in the manual alphabets used by the deaf.

Origin of dactylology

First recorded in 1650-60; dactylo- + -logy

Examples for dactylology

So long as this is true, dactylology can hardly claim to be more than one of the elements of a system of instruction for the deaf.