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chiˈrosophist
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
†1. One who practises sleight of hand. Obs.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 239* Stageplayers and juglers, which..we call chirosophists, that is, slight-handed.
2. = chiromancer.
1755Johnson, Chirographist. This word is used..improperly, for one that tells fortunes, by examining the hand: the true word is chirosophist, or chiromancer. (Hence in mod. Dicts.) |