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palmistry

[ pah-muh-stree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.

palmistry

/ ˈpɑːmɪstrɪ /

the process or art of interpreting character, telling fortunes, etc, by the configuration of lines, marks, and bumps on a person's hand Also calledchiromancy

1375–1425; late Middle English pawmestry, equivalent to pawm palm ¹ + -estry (origin obscure; -y ³ )

C15 pawmestry, from paume palm ¹; the second element is unexplained

All you need is a competent plastic surgeon with an electric scalpel who has a basic knowledge of palmistry.

I have brought the party hither, that you may use palmistry, or chiromancy if such is your pleasure.

Other Professors have stooped to it, but I—oh, no, it is playing palmistry a little bit too low down.

During the Christmas holidays she had been poring over an article on palmistry which she found in a magazine.

Palmistry assigns fine, tapering fingers to "artistic temperament," and rightly, for fine fingers are necessary for fine work.

The amount of study given to the hand renders it probable that palmistry may have considerable value as a physiognomic science.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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