chiromancy

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

Word Origin

chiromancy (n.)
"divination by the hand, palmistry," 1520s, from French chiromancie (14c.), from Medieval Latin chiromantia, from Late Greek kheiromanteia, from kheiro-, comb. form of kheir "hand" (see chiro-) + -mantia (see -mancy). Related: Chiromancer; chiromantic.

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