chiromancy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/    美 /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ.mæn.si/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand. uncountable,usually
    — If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...

词形变化

chiromancies plural cheiromancy alternative chiromancie alternative chyromancia alternative chyromancie alternative chyromancy alternative

词源

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.
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