chiromancy
Syllables: chi·ro·man·cy/ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/US/ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ.mæn.si/
chiromancy noun: synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
Noun
chiromancy (usually uncountable, plural chiromancies)
- 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)
- Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.1995, C. Walker Encyc, Secret Knowledge
- Synonyms:
- palmistry
chiromancy meaning in Tamil
chiromancy in Tamil
- கைக்குறிநூல்
Synonyms of chiromancy
Forms of chiromancy
| plural | chiromancies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cheiromancy |
| alternative form | chiromancie |
| alternative form | chyromancia |
| alternative form | chyromancie |
| alternative form | chyromancy |
Origin of chiromancy
Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.
Words formed from chiromancy
Questions about chiromancy
- What does chiromancy mean?
- Chiromancy means synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
- What is chiromancy in Tamil?
- Chiromancy in Tamil is கைக்குறிநூல். See Chiromancy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chiromancy?
- Chiromancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chiromancy?
- Chiromancy is pronounced /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chiromancy?
- The plural of chiromancy is chiromancies.
Words near chiromancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chiromancy (page history and authors); chiromancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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