PALMISTRY


Meaning of PALMISTRY in English

■ noun the art or practice of supposedly interpreting a person's character or predicting their future by examining the hand.

Derivatives

palmist noun

Origin

ME: from palm 2 + -estry (of unknown origin), later alt. to -istry , perh. on the pattern of sophistry .

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