| 释义 |
palm·is·try
\-trē, -tri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English pawmestry, probably from paume palm + maistrie mastery — more at palm, mastery
1. : the art or practice of reading a person's character or aptitudes and especially his past and possible future from the general character and shape of his hands and fingers and the lines, Mounts, and marks on the palms — called also chirognomy, chiromancy
2. : dexterity or trickery (as pocket picking) involving use of the hands |