chiromancy
nounUK /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/ · US /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ.mæn.si/
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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Usually Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
- If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...1620, J. Melton Astrologaster, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.1995, C. Walker Encyc, Secret Knowledge:
- Related terms
- chiromancer, chiromantic, chiromantical