chiromancev.
/ˈkʌɪərəʊmans/ 1. transitive. To divine by chiromancy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > divine by chiromancy [verb (transitive)]
read1565
redec1640
chiromance1873
1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 235 The hands must be washed ere I can chiromance anything.
2. intransitive. To practise chiromancy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > practise chiromancy [verb (intransitive)]
chiromance1882
1882 C. G. Leland Gypsies vii. 181 I had chiromanced to the Romany clan.
Derivatives
ˈchiromancist n. = chiromancer n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > one who practises
palmister?a1505
palmastrer1561
chiromancer1573
chiromantine1601
chiromantist1652
chirosopher1652
chiromantic1653
palmist1875
chiromant1876
chirognomist1883
chiromancist1889
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Mar. 3/1 The chiromancists or fortune-tellers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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