palmist
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9.2
- noun
- /ˈpɑːlmɪst/
:
quiromante
- Many people consult a palmist to seek guidance on important decisions.
- palmist reads
Examples
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I am no palmist.
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Ambling through one of the city's intensely scenic parks, Leonid chanced upon, in an opportune copse, a palmist.
Fiction book (1995) -
Uncle, yesterday l visited a palmist.
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We go to astrologers and palmists to know what life ahead will be like, and in all this, we forget to live.
Blog text (29) -
Outside a palmist's trailer
Fiction book (1993) -
She had been to a palmist once, and now, strangely, Madam Zelda's voice was in her head: "All those lines on the minor hand, an old hand with many experiences that may show up eventually on the major hand, or perhaps not."
Fiction book (2002) -
The palmist carefully examined the lines on my hand to predict my future.
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After visiting a palmist, she felt more hopeful about what was to come in her life.
Synonyms
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8.0
A person who says they can see the future
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3.5
A person who claims to tell the future using cards or palm reading
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7.9
A person who says the Sun, Moon, and planets show your future
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9.9
A person who says they can tell the future
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9.5
A person who says they can see events before they happen
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6.5
A person who says they can see someone's future, often using cards or palm reading
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9.9
A person who says they can learn hidden things or predict the future using spiritual ways
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7.8
A person who says what will happen by looking at the sun, moon, and planets
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9.9
A person who says what will happen in the future
A person who reads the lines on your palm to tell your future
A person who reads the lines on someone's palm to predict their future
A person who says what will happen in the future, often as a job
A person who predicts future events
A person who says they can tell the future from dreams
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Palmist comes from the word palm, meaning 'the inside of the hand', and the ending -ist, meaning 'a person who does something'. So a palmist is literally a person who studies the palm to try to tell the future.