palmistryn.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmᵻstri/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)məstri/

Forms: late Middle English palmestrye, late Middle English pawmestry, late Middle English–1600s palmestrie, 1500s palmastry, 1500s palmesy, 1500s pampestrie, 1500s pampestry, 1500s paulmistrie, 1500s paumistrie, 1500s pawmestrye, 1500s–1600s palmistrie, 1500s–1700s palmestry, 1500s– palmistry; also Scottish pre-1700 palmastrie, pre-1700 palmesterie, pre-1700 palmestre, pre-1700 palmestrie, pre-1700 palmestry, pre-1700 palmistrie.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palm n.², ancestry n., sophistry n.

Etymology: Apparently < palm n.² + -estry, -istry (in ancestry n., sophistry n., etc.). N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pæ·lm-) /ˈpælm-/ for the first syllable.

a. The art or practice of supposedly reading a person's character or future by examining the lines and other features of the hand, especially the palm and fingers; chiromancy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun]

palmistryc1450

chiromancya1529

palm-reading1860

hand-reading1867

chirognomy1868

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 118 (MED) In the cyte off Arge ther dwellyd a gret phylysophyr, the qwyche had gret insyte in physnomye and palmestrye.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 870 Vertew..refusyd and seyde in no-wyse They shuld with hym go..These were her names: Nygromansy, Geomansy, Magyk, and Glotony..with Pyromancy, Fysenamy also, and Pawmestry.

1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 12 Some of them feynynge them selfes to haue knowlage in physike, phisnamie, palmestrie or other craftie sciences.

1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Bladud f. 46^v For fooles..And such as practise pampestry.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 310 They professe palmistry and fortune-telling.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Thoral Line Otherwise call'd in Palmistry the Mensal Line, or the Line of Venus.

c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 133 A frantic gipsy..With the fond maids in palmistry he deals.

1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. 22 All the renowned authors..in alchemy, astrology, magic, palmistry, geomancy, and other branches of the occult philosophy.

1832 T. De Quincey James's Hist. Charlemagne in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 788 It is in fact upon this infinite variety in the superficial lines of the human palm, that Palmistry is grounded.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. iii. 86 I have seen a gipsy-vagabond; she has practised..the science of palmistry, and told me what such people usually tell.

1899 Daily News 21 July 5/1 There were raffles, a palmistry tent, and a café chantant.

1975 J. Russ Female Man 108 Jeannine..believes in astrology, in palmistry, in occult signs.

2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 1 June 16 The practice of palmistry was forced underground by the Catholic Church which branded it devil worship.

†b. figurative. The study or interpretation of some unique or identifying feature. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1859 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay XI. 73 The impossibility of finding any two leaves of a tree that should be mere duplicates of each other, in what we might call the palmistry of their natural markings.

1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. iv. 76 A science of historical palmistry..that attempts to refer..every manuscript to its own country, district, age, school, and even individual writer.

†2. The use of one's palm or palms for various purposes. (Chiefly humorous). (In quots. 1699 at sense 2a, 1711 at sense 2b, with allusion to sense 1a.)

a. Applause. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > by clapping hands

hand1600

clapa1616

palmistry1699

clapping1871

handclaps1874

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. ii. 43 If you would tell a Poet his Fortune, you must gather it from the Palmistry of the Audience.

b. Sleight of hand, legerdemain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun]

pocket-picking1662

palmistry1711

pickpocketing1742

filing-lay1743

pickpocketry1756

buzzing1819

fogle drawing1823

fogle hunting1823

pickpocketism1830

cly-faking1862

dipping1882

prat-digging1908

whizz1925

whizzing1925

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of

palm1664

high game1665

palming1671

slick1674

brief1680

gammoning1700

shoulder-dash1711

bridge1773

weaving1803

bridging1843

palmistry1859

slipping1864

stocking1887

big mitt1903

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶3 He found his Pocket was pickt: That being a Kind of Palmistry at which this Race of Vermin [sc. Gypsies] are very dextrous.

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. I. iii. 39 I went on..to sleight of hand, and..more especially..to the manipulation of cards and palmistry.

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. xii. 175 I had recourse to palmistry to influence his decision.

c. Bribery. Cf. palm n.² Phrases 1 and palm v. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery

meedc1275

corruptionc1425

bribing?c1524

suborning?1532

bribery1560

budding1640

subornation1670

palmistry1828

palm-greasing1832

boodling1886

a greasing of palms1889

sugaring1891

fix1929

pay-off1930

schmear1950

long leg1967

1828 J. T. Rutt in T. Burton Diary III. 535 (note) If he would only, by an allowed and well-understood palmistry, conciliate ‘a king of heralds’, that prime officer in the court of honour..would presently discover among ‘old registers’, arms..belonging to the applicant's remote ‘ancestors’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palmistry
释义	palmistryn. Brit. /ˈpɑːmᵻstri/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)məstri/ Forms: late Middle English palmestrye, late Middle English pawmestry, late Middle English–1600s palmestrie, 1500s palmastry, 1500s palmesy, 1500s pampestrie, 1500s pampestry, 1500s paulmistrie, 1500s paumistrie, 1500s pawmestrye, 1500s–1600s palmistrie, 1500s–1700s palmestry, 1500s– palmistry; also Scottish pre-1700 palmastrie, pre-1700 palmesterie, pre-1700 palmestre, pre-1700 palmestrie, pre-1700 palmestry, pre-1700 palmistrie. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palm n.², ancestry n., sophistry n. Etymology: Apparently < palm n.² + -estry, -istry (in ancestry n., sophistry n., etc.). N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pæ·lm-) /ˈpælm-/ for the first syllable. 1. a. The art or practice of supposedly reading a person's character or future by examining the lines and other features of the hand, especially the palm and fingers; chiromancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] palmistryc1450 chiromancya1529 palm-reading1860 hand-reading1867 chirognomy1868 c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 118 (MED) In the cyte off Arge ther dwellyd a gret phylysophyr, the qwyche had gret insyte in physnomye and palmestrye. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 870 Vertew..refusyd and seyde in no-wyse They shuld with hym go..These were her names: Nygromansy, Geomansy, Magyk, and Glotony..with Pyromancy, Fysenamy also, and Pawmestry. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 12 Some of them feynynge them selfes to haue knowlage in physike, phisnamie, palmestrie or other craftie sciences. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Bladud f. 46^v For fooles..And such as practise pampestry. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 310 They professe palmistry and fortune-telling. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Thoral Line Otherwise call'd in Palmistry the Mensal Line, or the Line of Venus. c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 133 A frantic gipsy..With the fond maids in palmistry he deals. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. 22 All the renowned authors..in alchemy, astrology, magic, palmistry, geomancy, and other branches of the occult philosophy. 1832 T. De Quincey James's Hist. Charlemagne in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 788 It is in fact upon this infinite variety in the superficial lines of the human palm, that Palmistry is grounded. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. iii. 86 I have seen a gipsy-vagabond; she has practised..the science of palmistry, and told me what such people usually tell. 1899 Daily News 21 July 5/1 There were raffles, a palmistry tent, and a café chantant. 1975 J. Russ Female Man 108 Jeannine..believes in astrology, in palmistry, in occult signs. 2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 1 June 16 The practice of palmistry was forced underground by the Catholic Church which branded it devil worship. †b. figurative. The study or interpretation of some unique or identifying feature. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1859 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay XI. 73 The impossibility of finding any two leaves of a tree that should be mere duplicates of each other, in what we might call the palmistry of their natural markings. 1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. iv. 76 A science of historical palmistry..that attempts to refer..every manuscript to its own country, district, age, school, and even individual writer. †2. The use of one's palm or palms for various purposes. (Chiefly humorous). (In quots. 1699 at sense 2a, 1711 at sense 2b, with allusion to sense 1a.) a. Applause. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > by clapping hands hand1600 clapa1616 palmistry1699 clapping1871 handclaps1874 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iv. ii. 43 If you would tell a Poet his Fortune, you must gather it from the Palmistry of the Audience. b. Sleight of hand, legerdemain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun] pocket-picking1662 palmistry1711 pickpocketing1742 filing-lay1743 pickpocketry1756 buzzing1819 fogle drawing1823 fogle hunting1823 pickpocketism1830 cly-faking1862 dipping1882 prat-digging1908 whizz1925 whizzing1925 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of palm1664 high game1665 palming1671 slick1674 brief1680 gammoning1700 shoulder-dash1711 bridge1773 weaving1803 bridging1843 palmistry1859 slipping1864 stocking1887 big mitt1903 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶3 He found his Pocket was pickt: That being a Kind of Palmistry at which this Race of Vermin [sc. Gypsies] are very dextrous. 1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. I. iii. 39 I went on..to sleight of hand, and..more especially..to the manipulation of cards and palmistry. 1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. xii. 175 I had recourse to palmistry to influence his decision. c. Bribery. Cf. palm n.² Phrases 1 and palm v. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery meedc1275 corruptionc1425 bribing?c1524 suborning?1532 bribery1560 budding1640 subornation1670 palmistry1828 palm-greasing1832 boodling1886 a greasing of palms1889 sugaring1891 fix1929 pay-off1930 schmear1950 long leg1967 1828 J. T. Rutt in T. Burton Diary III. 535 (note) If he would only, by an allowed and well-understood palmistry, conciliate ‘a king of heralds’, that prime officer in the court of honour..would presently discover among ‘old registers’, arms..belonging to the applicant's remote ‘ancestors’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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