Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand.

    Chiromantie, Handlesekunst, Handlesen

    гада́ниеgadánije, хирома́нтияxiromántija

    telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

  2. Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand.

    (countable, usually)A book on palmistry; a system of palmistry.

  3. (obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually)A dexterous use or trick of the hand.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. She loves to study palmistry, and shows the others the meaning that lies beneath their hands.

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand:

Origin

From Middle English palmestrie. Equivalent to palm + -ist + -ry.

From Middle English palmestrie. Equivalent to palm + -ist + -ry.

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Forms

plural: palmistries
Singularpalmistry
Pluralpalmistries

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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