palmistry

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palmistry

/ˈpɑːmɪstɹi/ UK
/ˈpɑːməstɹi/ UK
/ˈpɑ(l)məstɹi/ US
/ˈpɔ(l)məstɹi/ US

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

noun palmistries

uncountable, usually Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand. Chiromantie is a coniecturyng by beholdyng the lynes, or wryncles of the handes called commonly Palmistry.
Similar: chirognomy, chirography, chiromancy, handreading, palm reading
countable, usually A book on palmistry; a system of palmistry. No living palmistries can spell The bird-runes on the stretched silk of her hand
Similar: chirognomy, chirography, chiromancy, handreading, palm reading
obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually A dexterous use or trick of the hand. 1711, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, The Spectator, Volume 2, No. 130, 30 July, 1711, London: J. and R. Tonson, 12th edition, 1739, p. 182, In the Height of his Good-humour, meeting a common Beggar upon the Road who was no Conjuror, as he went to relieve him he found his Pocket was pick’d: That
Similar: legerdemain, sleight of hand, see: Thesaurus:prestidigitation

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noun telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand

Español	quiromancia, quiromancía, quirología
한국어	손금 son'geum
日本語	手相 tesō
中文	手相術 /手相术 shǒuxiàngshù, 手相 shǒuxiàng
Português	quiromancia
Français	chiromancie
Deutsch	Chiromantie, Handlesekunst, Handlesen
Italiano	chirognomia, chirologia, chiromanzia, chiroscopia
Română	chiromanție
Русский	гада́ние gadánije, хирома́нтия xiromántija
العربية	قِراءَةُ الْكَفّ qirāʔatu l-kaff

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@misc{palmistry_2026,
  title = {palmistry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/palmistry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}