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Definition: Palmistry |
PalmistryNoun1. Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "palmistry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method (according to Mimbleshaw's classification) of obtaining money by false pretences. It consists in "reading character" in the wrinkles made by closing the hand. The pretence is not altogether false; character can really be read very accurately in this way, for the wrinkles in every hand submitted plainly spell the word "dupe." The imposture consists in not reading it aloud. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | A plausible excuse for holding hands. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Dream Interpretation | For a young woman to dream of palmistry, foretells she will be the object of suspicion. If she has her palms read, she will have many friends of the opposite sex, but her own sex will condemn her. If she reads others' hands, she will gain distinction by her intelligent bearing. If a minister's hand, she will need friends, even in her elevation. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PalmistrySynonyms: chirology (n), chiromancy (n), palm reading (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Palmistry |
| English words defined with "palmistry": chiromantic ♦ Discriminal. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Lesson in Palmistry (1909) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Palmistry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Palmistry" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "palmistry": Medical palmistry ♦ Scientific palmistry. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
palmistry | 684 |
free palmistry | 29 |
free online palmistry | 11 |
learn palmistry | 10 |
line marriage palmistry | 9 |
palmistry life line | 8 |
palmistry chart | 6 |
marriage palmistry | 5 |
online palmistry | 4 |
information on palmistry | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "palmistry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kiromanci. (various references) | |
Arabic | قراءة خطوط الكف, قراءة الكف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хиромантия (cheiromancy, chiromancy), гадаене на ръка, гледане на ръка (cheiromancy). (various references) | |
Czech | vìštìní z ruky, hádání z ruky (cheiromancy, chiromancy). (various references) | |
Dutch | handlezen (chiromancy), chiromantie (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Farsi | کف شناسی , کف بینی . (various references) | |
Finnish | kädestäkatsominen. (various references) | |
French | chiromancie. (various references) | |
German | handlesekunst. (various references) | |
Greek | χειρομαντεία (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קריא" בכף "י", חכמת "י" (cheiromancy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tenyérjóslás (cheiromancy, chiromancy). (various references) | |
Italian | chiromanzia (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 観掌" . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | か"しょうじゅつ. (various references) | |
Manx | laue-ghrualtys (chiromancy), laue-ghruaiaght, faaishnys laue. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | almistrypay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | quiromante. (various references) | |
Romanian | chiromanţie (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Russian | хиромантия (cheiromancy, chiromancy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | hiromantija (cheiromancy, chiromancy). (various references) | |
Spanish | quiromancia (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Swedish | konsten att spå i händerna (chiromancy), kiromanti (cheiromancy, chiromancy). (various references) | |
Turkish | el falı (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Ukranian | спритність рук (legerdemain, prestidigitation), хіромантія (chiromancy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuật xem tướng tay (cheiromancy, chiromancy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "palmistry" (pronounced pÄ"mustrē) |
| 6 | -m u s t r ē | biochemistry, chemistry, geochemistry. |
| 5 | -u s t r ē | artistry, baptistery, dentistry, forestry, industry, ministry, registry, tapestry. |
| 4 | -s t r ē | ancestry, Maestri, pastry. |
| 3 | -t r ē | asymmetry, banditry, basketry, bigotry, cabinetry, carpentry, circuitry, complementary, country, dissymmetry, elementary, entry, gadgetry, gallantry, gantry, gentry, geometry, helotry, idolatry, infantry, mitre, optometry, pageantry, paltry, pantry, peasantry, pedantry, pleasantry, poetry, poultry, psychiatry, punditry, puppetry, reentry, rocketry, sentry, spectrometry, sultry, summitry, symmetry, telemetry, toiletry, wintry, zealotry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: ptyalism. | |
-2 letters: armpits, imparts, mispart, misplay, mistral, palmist, psaltry, ramtils, smartly, trysail. | |
-3 letters: armpit, artily, impart, limpas, limpsy, lyrism, lyrist, milpas, mislay, mitral, paltry, parity, partly, pastil, pastry, plaits, platys, primal, primas, primly, ramtil, rapist, raptly, riyals, simply, smalti, smarty, spiral, spital, stripy, stylar, tapirs, trails, tramps, trials, trimly, triply. | |
-4 letters: airts, alist, amirs, amity, amply, amyls, aptly, arils, artsy, aryls, astir, atrip, imply, lairs, laity, lamps, lapis, laris, liars, limas, limpa, limps, liras, litas, lyart, mails, mairs, maist, malts, malty, marls, marly, marts, mayst, milpa, milts, milty, misty, pails, pairs, palms, palmy, palsy, paris, parts, party, pasty, patly, patsy, pilar, pimas, pitas, plait, plasm, plats, platy, plays, prams, prats, prays, prima, prims, prism, psalm, rails, ramps, raspy, rials, riyal, salmi, salty, satyr, silty, simar, sitar, slaty, slimy, slipt, smalt, smart, spail, spait, spilt, spirt, spiry, splat, splay, split, sprat, spray, sprit, stair, stamp, stimy, stirp, strap, stray, stria, strip, styli, tails, tamis, tamps, tapir, tapis, tarps, tarsi, tipsy, tirls, trail, tramp, trams, traps, trays, trial, trims, trips, tryma, typal. | |
-5 letters: ails, aims, airs, airt, airy, aits, alit, alms, alps, alts, amir, amis, amps, amyl, aril, arms, army, arts, arty, aryl, imps, lair, lamp, lams, laps, lari, lars, last, lati, lats, lays, liar, lima, limp, limy, lipa, lips, lira, lisp, list, lits, mail, mair, malt, maps, marl, mars, mart, mast, mats, mays, mils, milt, mirs, miry, mist, mity, pail, pair, palm, pals, paly, pams, pars, part, past, pats, paty, pays, pial, pias, pily, pima, pita, pits, pity, plat, play, pram, prat, pray, prim, pyas, rail, rami, ramp, rams, raps, rapt, rasp, rats, rays, rial, rias, rims, rimy, rips, ryas, sail, salp, salt, samp, sari, sati, sial, silt, sima, simp, slam, slap, slat, slay, slim, slip, slit, smit, spam, spar, spat, spay, spit, spry, star, stay, stir, syli, tail, tali, tamp, tams, taps, tarp, tars, tils, tips, tirl, tram, trap, tray, trim, trip, tsar, yams, yaps, yips. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+4 letters: amphiprostyle, impersonality, prismatically, sempiternally, sympatrically. | |
+5 letters: amitriptylines, amphiprostyles, hyperstimulate, polymerisation, supernormality. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 6C 6D 69 73 74 72 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-.. -- .. ... - .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101100 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110100 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a l m i s t r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006C 006D 0069 0073 0074 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506778797585868491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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