chiromancy

English

Alternative forms

• cheiromancy
• chiromancie, chyromancia, chyromancie, chyromancy (all obsolete)

Etymology

chiro- +‎ -mancy, from Middle French chiromancie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪ.ɹəʊ.mæn.si/, /ˈkaɪ.ɹə.mæn.si/

Noun

chiromancy (usually uncountable, plural chiromancies)

1. Divination performed by examining the lines in the palms.
   • 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster

     If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...

   • 1995 C. Walker Encyc. Secret Knowledge

     Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.

Synonyms

• palmistry

Derived terms

• chiromancer
• chiromantic
• chiromantical

Translations

divination performed by examining the palms

• Catalan: quiromància f
• Danish: kiromanti (da) c
• German: Chiromantie (de) f, Handlesekunst f, Handlesen n
• Interlingua: chiromantia
• Irish: dearnadóireacht f
• Italian: chiromanzia (it) f
• Latin: chiromantia, chyromantia (New Latin)

• Middle English: chiromanty, chiromantie, chyromancie, ciromanci, ciromancie, cyromancy, cyromancye.
• Romanian: chiromanție (ro) f
• Russian: хирома́нтия (ru) f (xiromántija)
• Spanish: quiromancia (es) f
• Swedish: kiromanti (sv) c, spådom c, handläsning c

References

• chiromancy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.