Mount of Mercury
: a mount located at the base of the little finger that when well developed is usually held by palmists to indicate a predominance of practical qualities (as shrewdness, diplomacy, and adaptability) that often lead to success in business and politics
Word History
Etymology
after Mercury, Roman god of commerce, from Latin Mercurius
- Feast of Fools
- Feast of Ingathering
- Feast of Lanterns
- Feast of Lights
- Feast of Lots
- Feast of Orthodoxy
- Feast of Tabernacles
- Feast of Unleavened Bread
- Feast of Weeks
- feast on
- feast one's eyes on
- feast-or-famine
- feasted
- feasted (on)
- feasted on
- feaster
- feasters
- feastful
- feasting
- feasting (on)
- feasting on
- feastings
- feasts
- feasts (on)
- feasts on