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chiromantic, a. and n.|kaɪərəʊˈmæntɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic: cf. Astromantic.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
1627Drayton Elegy Sir H. Raynsford, Some idle Chiromantick booke, Shewing the line of life, and Venus mount. 1867H. Vámbéry Sk. Centr. Asia 11 The chiromantic feats.
†B. n. A chiromancer. Obs.
1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 161 Your Chiromantiks would writhe and wrest it to their purpose. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 437/2 Chiromanticks..take upon them to tell Fortunes by the Lines of the hand. |