chiromancy

English

Alternative forms

• Early modern English: cheiromancy, chiromancie, chyromancia, chyromancie, chyromancy

Etymology

chiro- +‎ -mancy, from Middle French chiromancie.

Noun

chiromancy (uncountable)

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

• Danish: kiromanti c
• German: Chiromantie f, Handlesekunst f, Handlesen n
• Interlingua: chiromantia
• Italian: chiromanzia f
• Latin: chiromantia, chyromantia (New Latin)

• Middle English: chiromanty, chiromantie, chyromancie, ciromanci, ciromancie, cyromancy, cyromancye.
• Russian: хиромантия (ru) f (xiromántija)
• Spanish: quiromancia (es) f

References

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