Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or practice of telling fortunes by a feigned interpretation of lines and marks on the palm of the hand. Also called
chirognomy and chiromancy. See phrases under line. - noun Manual dexterity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy.
- noun A dexterous use or trick of the hand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Telling fortunes from thelines on thepalms of thehand ;chiromancy - noun A dexterous use or trick of the hand.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We did things that were completely socially unacceptable for 13 year old girls - hiking in the woods, swimming in streams, learning about obscure topics such as palmistry and witchcraft.
- ceecue 2009
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In the height of his good-humour, meeting a common beggar upon the road who was no conjurer, as he went to relieve him he found his pocket was picked; that being a kind of palmistry at which this race of vermin are very dexterous.
The Coverley Papers Various
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In the height of his good-humour, meeting a common beggar upon the road who was no conjurer, as he went to relieve him he found his pocket was picked; that being a kind of palmistry at which this race of vermin are very dexterous.
The De Coverley Papers From 'The Spectator' Joseph Addison 1695
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These works incorporate Euro-centric concepts of palmistry, phrenology and astrology in addition to Afro-centric concepts of voodoo and shamanism.
Bill Bush: Seeing Red: This Artweek.LA (October 24-30, 2011) Bill Bush 2011
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They study the river's many tributaries like palmistry, measuring the life of the Nile like the lines of a human hand.
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They study the river's many tributaries like palmistry, measuring the life of the Nile like the lines of a human hand.
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They study the river's many tributaries like palmistry, measuring the life of the Nile like the lines of a human hand.
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These works incorporate Euro-centric concepts of palmistry, phrenology and astrology in addition to Afro-centric concepts of voodoo and shamanism.
Bill Bush: Seeing Red: This Artweek.LA (October 24-30, 2011) Bill Bush 2011
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They study the river's many tributaries like palmistry, measuring the life of the Nile like the lines of a human hand.
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They study the river's many tributaries like palmistry, measuring the life of the Nile like the lines of a human hand.
uselessness commented on the word palmistry
Palm reading. Beautiful word.
October 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the word palmistry
I likes it too--though not the actual act of palm reading. That just freaks me out. ;-)
October 9, 2007
uselessness commented on the word palmistry
Agreed!
October 9, 2007