chiromancy

[ kahy-ruh-man-see ]

/ ˈkaɪ rəˌmæn si /

palmistry.

Origin of chiromancy

First recorded in 1520–30; chiro- + -mancy

chi·ro·man·cer, noun chi·ro·man·tic, chi·ro·man·ti·cal, adjective

Such, for example, are the hands of Fanny Janauschek, the lines of which agree to perfection with the laws of chiromancy.

The Gypsies |Charles G. Leland
The observation was new to him, and he seemed to be interested in it, as he always was in anything like chiromancy or metoscopy.

Memoirs |Charles Godfrey Leland
He wrote extensively on philosophy, mathematics, and medicine, and also on chiromancy.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery |Robert Means Lawrence
Chiromancy is a most dangerous science, and one that ought not to be encouraged, except in a 'tte--tte.'

Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man |Oscar Wilde

Elsie was cross at some of the things she said, for she firmly believes in chiromancy.

Cicely and Other Stories |Annie Fellows Johnston

chiromancy

/ (ˈkaɪrəˌmænsɪ) /

another word for palmistry

chiromancer, noun