chiromancy

== English == === Alternative forms === cheiromancy chiromancie, chyromancia, chyromancie, chyromancy (all obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ.mæn.si/ Hyphenation: chi‧ro‧man‧cy === Noun === chiromancy (usually uncountable, plural chiromancies) Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand. ==== Related terms ==== chiromancer chiromantic chiromantical ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “chiromancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.