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单词 chiromancer
释义

chiromancern.

/ˈkʌɪərəʊmansə/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s chyr-, 1800s cheir-.
Etymology: < chiromancy n. + -er suffix1.
One who practises or professes chiromancy.
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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).
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