单词 | palmistry |
释义 | palmistry (once / 18614 pages) n A fortune teller who looks closely at the lines on your palm and predicts your future practices palmistry. Palmistry is also called "palm reading." If you decide to master the art of palmistry, you'll learn about certain palm lines like the "life line" and the "heart line," which run through the middle of your palm, as well as subtler creases like "union lines," said to predict romantic relationships. The idea that palmistry can predict the future or reveal secrets about your character are ancient but unproven — most people consider it a pseudoscience, or an unscientific belief. WORD FAMILYpalmistry: palmist+/palmist: palmists USAGE EXAMPLESThe name came from a random page in a Victorian book of palmistry. New York Times(Jun 23, 2016) His début album, “Pagan,” released under the name Palmistry, offers a hyper-specific version of the genre. The New Yorker(May 30, 2016) It sounds like seaside palmistry, but the firm claims candidates get more interviews as a result. Economist(Oct 01, 2015) n telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand Syn|Hyper chirology, chiromancy, palm reading divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
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