palmistry
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English palmestrie, from Latin.
[edit] Noun
palmistry (usually uncountable; plural palmistries)
- Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand; chiromancy
- A dexterous use or trick of the hand.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
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[edit] Translations
telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- palmistry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
