palm·is·try

(pä′mĭ-strē)

The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands.

[Middle English palmestrie, from palme, paume, palm; see palm¹.]

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palmistry

(ˈpɑːmɪstrɪ)

(Alternative Belief Systems) the process or art of interpreting character, telling fortunes, etc, by the configuration of lines, marks, and bumps on a person's hand. Also called: chiromancy

[C15 pawmestry, from paume palm¹; the second element is unexplained]

ˈpalmist, ˈpalmister n

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palm•is•try

(ˈpɑ mə stri)

n.

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

[1375–1425; late Middle English pawmestry=pawme palm¹ + -stry (appar. -stre -ster + -y -y³)]

palm′ist, n.

palmistry

a form of divination involving analysis of the appearance of the hand, especially of its various lines. Also called chiromancy, cheiromancy.

palmistry

Divination using the palm of the hand but which also includes an analysis of hand shape, fingers and fingernails. It is also called chirognomy, chirology, or chiromancy.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

chirology, chiromancy, palm reading

fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

palmistry

noun palm-reading, fortune-telling, chiromancy She dabbled in fortune-telling and palmistry.

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Translations

Handlesen

χειρομαντία

chiromanzia

palmistry

[ˈpɑːmɪstrɪ] N → quiromancia f

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palmistry

[ˈpɑːmɪstri] n → chiromancie fpalm oil n → huile f de palmepalm reader n → chiromancien(ne) m/fPalm Sunday n → dimanche m des Rameaux

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palmistry

n → Handliniendeutung f, → Handlesekunst f

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palmistry

[ˈpɑːmɪstrɪ] n → chiromanzia

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References in classic literature

The fact is I know quite a lot about palmistry and second sight."

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One of his pet fads was palmistry. To another one he gave no name, neither would he explain to anybody what its purpose was, but merely said it was an amusement.

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The way Tobin put it,it did seem to corroborate the art of prediction, though it looked to me that these accidents could happen to any one at Coney without the implication of palmistry.

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I have seen a gipsy vagabond; she has practised in hackneyed fashion the science of palmistry and told me what such people usually tell.

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