palmistry
noun/ˈpɑːmɪstri/
/ˈpɑːmɪstri/
[uncountable]- the art of telling what a person is like and what will happen to them by looking at the lines on the palm of their handTopics Hobbiesc2Word Originlate Middle English: from palm ‘inner surface of the hand’ + -estry (of unknown origin), later altered to -istry, perhaps on the pattern of sophistry.
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