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单词 palmister
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palmistern.

Brit. /ˈpɑːmᵻstə/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)məstər/
Forms: 1500s palmystar (Scottish), 1500s 1800s– palmister, 1500s–1600s palmester.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm n.2, -ister suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < palm n.2 + -ister suffix, after palmistry n. Compare palmastrer n. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pæ·lm-) /ˈpælm-/ for the first syllable.
Now rare.
= palmist 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
a1505 R. Henryson Thre Deid Pollis 42 in Poems (1981) 183 Quhat phisnamour or perfyt palmester.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Chiromantes.., a Palmester.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 62v These three Muscles make that fleshy part of the thombe, which Palmesters do terme the hill of Mars.
1610 J. Heath Two Cent. Epigr. 2 One by profession a Palmester, That in his rare iudicials could not erre.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 424 No soothsayer, no Palmester, no judicial Astrologer is able to tell any man the event of his life.
a1699 J. Kirkton Secret & True Hist. Church Scotl. (1817) 67 In his youth a certain palmister hade assured him he should rise to great honors.
1893 C. Sextus Hypnotism vi. 95 A gypsy palmister proves clairvoyant and predicts for the Danish Royal family its future.
2003 www.angelfire.com 7 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) She could feel the weight of those dark eyes—the colour of the rich Hunter soil—resting on her face, reading the contours and lines of her features like a palmister at her craft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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