Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.

    telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

Examples

1 sentences

  1. "I don't believe in chiromancy!" said Tom, slapping away the hands of the fortune-teller from his palm.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, fro

Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.

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Forms

plural: chiromancies

Synonyms

3 synonyms
palmistry
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedchiromancerchiromanticchiromanticalchiromance
Derivedchiromancist

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chippychirochiropractorchirpA2chiselC1
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