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chiromancy|ˈkaɪərəʊmænsɪ|
Also 6–7 chiromancie, 7 -manty, -tie, chyromancy, -cie, 7–9 cheiro-.
[a. (prob. through F. chiromancie) L. chīromantīa, -cīa, a. late Gr. χειροµαντεία, f. χειρο- hand + µαντεία divination: see -mancy.]
Divination by the hand; the art of telling the characters and fortunes of persons by inspection of their hands; palmistry.
a1528Skelton Sp. Parrot 140 Som pseudo-propheta with chiromancy. 1610B. Jonson Alch. i. iii. (1616) 616 The Thumbe, in chiromantie, we giue Venvs. 1830Scott Demonol. x. 342 Physiognomy, Chiromancy, and other fantastic arts of prediction. 1883Frith & Allen (title) Chiromancy or the Science of Palmistry. |