Chiromancy

  • 11chiromancy — [ kʌɪrə(ʊ)mansi] noun the prediction of a person s future from interpreting the lines on the palms of their hands; palmistry …

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  • 12chiromancy — n. Palmistry …

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  • 13chiromancy — chi·ro·man·cy …

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  • 14chiromancy — chi•ro•man•cy [[t]ˈkaɪ rəˌmæn si[/t]] n. palmistry • Etymology: 1520–30 chi′ro•man cer, n. chi ro•man′tic, chi ro•man′ti•cal, adj …

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  • 15chiromancy — Foretelling the future by studying a person s hand …

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  • 16chiromancy — /ˈkaɪrəˌmænsi/ (say kuyruh.mansee) noun → palmistry. Also, cheiromancy. {Middle English, probably from Middle French chiromancie, cyromancie, from Medieval Latin chiromantia, from Greek cheiro chiro + mancy; compare Greek cheiromantis… …

  • 17chiromancy —   , chirognomy   , n. palmistry …

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  • 18chiromancy — n. palmistry …

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  • 19Palmistry — Chirology redirects here. For other uses, see Fingerspelling. The Fortune Teller, by Caravaggio (1594–95; Canvas; Louvre), depicting a palm reading Palmistry or chiromancy (also spelled cheiromancy, Greek kheir (χεῖρ, ός), “hand”; manteia… …

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  • 20chirology — noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand • Syn: ↑palmistry, ↑palm reading, ↑chiromancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑chiromantic (for: ↑chiromancy), ↑chiromancer …

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