Definition

1. Verb:
   • To practice palmistry; to tell fortunes or divine information by interpreting the lines and features of a person's hand. This is a formal or literary term for the act of reading palms.

Usage

• The verb "chiromance" describes the specific action of a palm reader. It is a transitive verb, typically followed by a direct object (e.g., a person, someone's fate, their future).
• Example Structure: Someone chiromances [something/someone].

Examples

• Verb:
  • The old woman offered to chiromance the young traveler, promising to reveal his destiny.
  • She is known in the village for her ability to chiromance people's futures with startling accuracy.
  • He refused to chiromance my fate, saying some things are better left unknown.

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in a passive construction to describe the person whose palm is being read.
  • The queen was chiromanced by the court mystic before making her decision.

Variants and Related Words

• Chiromancer (noun): A person who practices chiromancy; a palm reader.
  • The chiromancer studied the lines on my hand intently.
• Chiromancy (noun): The art or practice of palmistry.
  • She studied the ancient art of chiromancy for many years.

Synonyms

• Read (someone's) palm: The most common modern phrase for this action.
• Practice palmistry: A more formal description of the activity.

Notes on Meaning

• "Chiromance" is a very specific and somewhat archaic verb. In modern English, the phrase "read (someone's) palm" is far more common. "Chiromance" carries a more formal, mystical, or old-fashioned connotation.

Verb

1. divine by reading someone's palms
   • The Gypsies chiromanced
   • She refused to chiromance my fate