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In the word meaning round, Dev picked the right definition of chiromancy, identifying it as someone who tells fortunes using lines on the palm of the hand Dev competed against 14-year-old Charlotte Walsh from Merrifield, Virginia, as the final two standing.—Steve Almasy, CNN, 1 June 2023 The more obvious ones include oneiromancy, as in divination by dreams; arithmancy, which uses numbers for predictive purposes; chiromancy, for reading the future through palm lines; and ceromancy, which bases its predictions on wax poured into water.—Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023 Though all divinations require study and practice, chiromancy fundamentals are quite easy to learn.—Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 3 Jan. 2020 Of all divination practices, palm reading, also known as chiromancy or palmistry, is one of the most highly regarded.—Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 3 Jan. 2020
Word History
Etymology
probably from Middle French chiromancie, from Medieval Latin chiromantia, from Greek cheir- chir- + -manteia -mancy
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