单词 | chiromantic |
释义 | chiromanticadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to chiromancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [adjective] chiromantic1627 chiromantical1644 chiroscopical1652 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 211 Some idle Chiromantick booke, Shewing the line of life, and Venus mount. 1867 H. Vámbéry Sk. Centr. Asia 11 The chiromantic feats. A chiromancer. Obsolete. 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 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 161 Your Chiromantiks would writhe and wrest it to their purpose. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 437/2 Chiromanticks..take upon them to tell Fortunes by the Lines of the hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1627 |
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