Chiromancy
//ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand. uncountable, usually
"If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie..."
- 2 telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand wordnet
Example
More examples""I don't believe in chiromancy!" said Tom, slapping away the hands of the fortune-teller from his palm."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.
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