palmistry
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- palmist noun
Etymology
Origin of palmistry
1375–1425; late Middle English pawmestry, equivalent to pawm palm 1 + -estry (origin obscure; -y 3 )
Example Sentences
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His now-defunct TikTok account, which has more than 300,000 followers, claims to make predictions based on astrology and palmistry.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
To say, as Fukuyama does, that “the desire for status—megalothymia—is rooted in human biology” is the academic equivalent of palmistry.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018
The name came from a random page in a Victorian book of palmistry.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016
As night descends you’ll watch a palmistry of cities come to glowing life on the darkness below, and you’ll wonder, too, about the rare lights of the empty places.
From Slate • May 31, 2016
The palmistry, the scriptology, the rest of their esoterica.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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