palmist

English

Etymology

Back-formation from palmistry, equivalent to palm +‎ -ist.

Noun

palmist (plural palmists)

1. A fortuneteller who uses palmistry.
   • 1970 November 28, Lisa Hammel, “Need an Occultist? Name Your Choice”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     While one can find lots of individual astrologers and graphologists, as well as an occasional palmist, psycho metrist or those astute in the reading of tarot cards or I Ching—Psychic Dimensions, Inc., has got it all together.

   • 2008, Jon Saint-Germain, Lover's Guide to Palmistry: Finding Love in the Palm of Your Hand, →ISBN:

     Most palmists find that reading the marriage lines is a lot like predicting the weather: sometimes they are right on, and sometimes they're not even in the ballpark.

Synonyms

• chiromancer
• palmister
• palmster

Translations

a fortuneteller who uses palmistry

• Afrikaans: palmleser
• French: chiromancien (fr) m
• Georgian: ქირომანტი (kiromanṭi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: χειρόμαντις m (kheirómantis)

• Irish: dearnadóir m
• Italian: chiromante m or f, chirologo m
• Japanese: 手相見 (ja) (てそうみ, tesōmi)
• Portuguese: quiromante (pt) m or f

Anagrams

• slipmat