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cheiromancy

Syllables: chi·ro·man·cy/ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/US/ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ.mæn.si/

cheiromancy is the alternative form of chiromancy.

Meaning of chiromancy

Noun

chiromancy (usually uncountable, plural chiromancies)

  1. (usually) Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
    • If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...1620, J. Melton Astrologaster, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    Synonyms:
    palmistry

Words formed from cheiromancy

Questions about cheiromancy

What is cheiromancy the alternative form of?
Cheiromancy is the alternative form of chiromancy.
How do you pronounce cheiromancy?
Cheiromancy is pronounced /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/ (UK).

Words near cheiromancy in the dictionary

  1. cheirolepidiaceans
  2. cheirolepidiaceous
  3. cheirology
  4. cheiromancer
  5. cheiromancers
  6. cheiromancy
  7. cheiromantist
  8. cheiromantists
  9. cheiromegaly
  10. cheironomia
  11. cheironomic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheiromancy (page history and authors); chiromancy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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