单词 | chiromancer |
释义 | chiromancern. One who practises or professes chiromancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > one who practises palmister?a1505 palmastrer1561 chiromancer1573 chiromantine1601 chiromantist1652 chirosopher1652 chiromantic1653 palmist1875 chiromant1876 chirognomist1883 chiromancist1889 1573 G. Gascoigne tr. Ariosto Supposes i. ii, in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 5 Why is Pasiphilo a Chiromancer? 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 39 This place the Chirosophers, or Chiromancers abuse, to proove their Palmistry. 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. xvi. 246 A cheiromancer would have said the same of..his hands. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Nov. 48/2 An astrologer and a chiromancer looked at the forehead and hand of the boy, and predicted that ‘in short time he would make extraordinary proficience in the mercurial arts’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1573 |
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