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chirognomy

chirognomy noun: the art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.

Noun

chirognomy (uncountable)

  1. The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.

Origin of chirognomy

From chiro- (“hand”) + -gnomy, from physiognomy.

Words formed from chirognomy

Questions about chirognomy

What does chirognomy mean?
Chirognomy means the art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
What part of speech is chirognomy?
Chirognomy is a noun.

Words near chirognomy in the dictionary

  1. chirogenesis
  2. chirognomic
  3. chirognomically
  4. chirognomist
  5. chirognomists
  6. chirognomy
  7. chirograph
  8. chirographary
  9. chirographer
  10. chirographers
  11. chirographic

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