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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Evoking tarot, palmistry, and astrology, Saar privileges an overtly feminine way of processing uncertainty and disillusionment.
From The New Yorker
For the spooky season this year, Etsy’s most popular trends — meaning the ones being searched most often on the site — include tarot cards, mysticism, true-crime themes and palmistry.
From Los Angeles Times
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
She consulted readers and priestesses in New Orleans and, after a bad breakup, received palmistry from a reader in Brooklyn.
From The New Yorker
After explaining that she had picked up the precepts of medieval palmistry decades ago, from an art-historian neighbor whose specialty was Hieronymus Bosch, Atwood spent several disconcerting minutes poring over my hands.
From The New Yorker
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