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单词 chiromancy
释义
chiromancy
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Chiromancy, or palmistry, is the art of reading palms to tell someone’s future. If you are in doubt about your future prom date or business venture, let chiromancy be your guide.
If you like astrology and tarot cards, you might be interested in chiromancy, which involves looking at a person’s palms to determine their destiny. Chiromancy is a form of fortune-telling, and chiromancers look closely at the different lines on your palm to make predictions about your career, love life, and happiness. This is a rare word for what is usually called palmistry or palm-reading these days.
WORD FAMILY
chiromancy: chiromancer, chiromantic+/chiromance: chiromancy
USAGE EXAMPLES
Séances were a fad; so were hypnotism, chiromancy and telepathy.
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
By the 17 century, the great age of wars of religion, palmistry, and chiromancy, knowledge of and on the hand would become major sciences.
Slate(Nov 15, 2012)
He studied chiromancy, and acquired some knowledge of the art.
Llorente, Juan Antonio, The History of the Inquisition of S...(2011)
n telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
Syn|Hyper
chirology, palm reading, palmistry
divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
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