chiromancy

American  

[kahy-ruh-man-see] / ˈkaɪ rəˌmæn si /

noun

1. palmistry.

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chiromancy British  

/ ˈkaɪrəˌmænsɪ /

noun

1. another word for palmistry

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Other Word Forms

• chiromancer
  noun
• chiromantic
  adjective
• chiromantical
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of chiromancy

First recorded in 1520–30; chiro- + -mancy

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Explanation

Chiromancy, or palmistry, is the art of reading palms to tell someone’s future. If you are in doubt about your future prom date or business venture, let chiromancy be your guide. If you like astrology and tarot cards, you might be interested in chiromancy, which involves looking at a person’s palms to determine their destiny. Chiromancy is a form of fortune-telling, and chiromancers look closely at the different lines on your palm to make predictions about your career, love life, and happiness. This is a rare word for what is usually called palmistry or palm-reading these days.

Example Sentences

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chiromancy

Séances were a fad; so were hypnotism, chiromancy and telepathy.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2016

By the 17 century, the great age of wars of religion, palmistry, and chiromancy, knowledge of and on the hand would become major sciences.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2012

Your Messahalah and your Longomontanus, your harmony of chiromancy with astrology.

From Love for Love: a Comedy by William Congreve

The observation was new to him, and he seemed to be interested in it, as he always was in anything like chiromancy or metoscopy. 

From Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland

Certainly our ancient enthusiasts record can be learned and used systematically, exactly as is the case with such excellent and approved systems of chiromancy as Mr. Heron-Allen's and others.

From The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Edward Prime-Stevenson

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