单词 | chirognomy |
释义 | chirognomyn. The alleged art or science of estimating character by inspection of the hand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] palmistryc1450 chiromancya1529 palm-reading1860 hand-reading1867 chirognomy1868 1868 A. R. Craig Bk. of Hand 263 Chiromancy and chirognomy. 1885 E. H. Allen (title) A Manual of Cheirosophy; being a Complete Practical Handbook of the Twin Sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1868 |
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