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chiromancy

/kahy-ruh-man-see/US // ˈkaɪ rəˌmæn si //UK // (ˈkaɪrəˌmænsɪ) //

占卜术,占卜,占卜学,占卜师

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : palmistry.

Examples

  • I have brought the party hither, that you may use palmistry, or chiromancy if such is your pleasure.

  • For how many gipsies and pretenders to chiromancy have we in London and in the country?

  • Four membra treat of the discovery of character by chiromancy, physiognomy, dreams and astrology.

  • The observation was new to him, and he seemed to be interested in it, as he always was in anything like chiromancy or metoscopy.

  • Her husband, Monvoisin, was an unsuccessful jeweller, and she practised chiromancy and face-reading to retrieve their fortunes.