palmistry
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palmistry/ˈpɑːmɪstri/
▶noun the art or practice of supposedly interpreting a person's character or predicting their future by examining the hand.
– derivatives
palmist noun.
palmist noun.
– origin ME: from palm2 + -estry (of unknown origin), later altered to -istry, perh. on the pattern of sophistry.
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