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Meaning of "chirognomy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHIROGNOMY

chirognomy  [kaɪˈrɒnəmɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHIROGNOMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chirognomy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHIROGNOMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chirognomy in the English dictionary

The definition of chirognomy in the dictionary is the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHIROGNOMY


aeronomer
ɛəˈrɒnəmɪ
aeronomy
ɛəˈrɒnəmɪ
agronomy
əˈɡrɒnəmɪ
archaeoastronomy
ˌɑːkɪəʊəˈstrɒnəmɪ
archeoastronomy
ˌɑːkɪəʊəˈstrɒnəmɪ
astronomy
əˈstrɒnəmɪ
autonomy
ɔːˈtɒnəmɪ
bioastronomy
ˌbaɪəʊəˈstrɒnəmɪ
bionomy
baɪˈɒnəmɪ
chemotaxonomy
ˌkiːməʊtækˈsɒnəmɪ
chironomy
kaɪˈrɒnəmɪ
Deuteronomy
ˌdjuːtəˈrɒnəmɪ
economy
ɪˈkɒnəmɪ
folksonomy
fəʊkˈsɒnəmɪ
gastronomy
ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ
heteronomy
ˌhɛtərˈɒnəmɪ
isonomy
aɪˈsɒnəmɪ
physiognomy
ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmɪ
taphonomy
təˈfɒnəmɪ
taxonomy
tækˈsɒnəmɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHIROGNOMY

chiro
chirognomist
chirograph
chirographer
chirographic
chirographical
chirographist
chirography
chirologist
chirology
chiromancer
chiromancy
chiromantic
chiromantical
Chiron
chironomer
chironomic
chironomid
chironomy
chiropodial

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHIROGNOMY

antinomy
black economy
cash economy
command economy
false economy
free-enterprise economy
free-market economy
knowledge economy
market economy
mixed economy
molecular gastronomy
new economy
pathognomy
planned economy
political economy
principle of economy
radio astronomy
service economy
the principle of economy
X-ray astronomy

Synonyms and antonyms of chirognomy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chirognomy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHIROGNOMY

Find out the translation of chirognomy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chirognomy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chirognomy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

chirognomy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chirognomy
570 millions of speakers

English

chirognomy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Chirognomy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chirognomy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

chirognomy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chirognomy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chirognomy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Chirognomy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chirognomy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chirognomy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chirognomy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chirognomy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chirognomy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chirognomy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைரேகை சாஸ்திரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिरागॉमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chirognomy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Chirognomy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chirognomy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

chirognomy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chirognomy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Chirognomy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chirognomy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chirognomy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Chirognomy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chirognomy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIROGNOMY»

The term «chirognomy» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of chirognomy
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIROGNOMY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chirognomy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chirognomy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chirognomy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIROGNOMY»

Discover the use of chirognomy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chirognomy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Study of Palmistry for Professional Purposes
No, I have in mind simply that branch of Palmistry called "Chirognomy," which bases its observations and conclusions ontheshapeofthepa1m,thefin- gers. the thumb. All these stand in full view whenever you are granted an interview by high or ...
Comte C. De Saint-Germain, 1973
2
Outlines of lectures on the neurological system of anthropology
The data for our conclusions in Chirognomy are so delicate and complex, that a high degree of success and certainty in the practice of the art, is attainable only by assiduous cultivation and vigorous application of the mind. Still with a little ...
Joseph Rodes Buchanan, 1854
3
The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science ...
The former may be a well-defined science, having exact laws, which is almost invariably accurate in its conjectures; the latter is scarcely to be called a science, but rather a series of clever guesses founded on the revelations of chirognomy, ...
4
Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction
CHIROGNOMY. is the study of general hand formation as it relates to the querent's disposition, basic character, and potential. See also chirognomy, palmistry, and dermatoglyphics. COPROMANCY is divination by examining human or animal ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2001
5
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Chirognomy, Chiromancy. These are technically two departments of palmistry : the former is the pretended art or a of determining an Individual's character from the hand, the latter the attempt to foretell from the appearance of the hand what is  ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Chirognomy, then, professes to detect, by examination of the hand, mental development or organisation, artistic (or inartistic) tendencies, and moral (or immoral) qualities. It is stated, moreover, that 'if it be acknowledged that the superiority of ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1865
7
Four-Handed Monsters: Four-Hand Piano Playing and ...
The two classics of nineteenth-century chirognomy were Casimir Stanislas d' Arpentigny's La Chirognomie ou l'art de reconnaître les tendencies de l' intelligence d'après lesforms de la main (Chirognomy, or the ArtofRecognizing the ...
Adrian Daub, 2014
8
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Chirognomy, then, professes to detect, by examination of the hand, mental development or organisation, artistic (or inartistic) tendencies, and moral (or immoral) qualities. It is stated, moreover, that 'if it be acknowledged that the superiority of ...
9
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Chirognomy, Chiromancy. These are technically two departments of palmistry :' the former is the pretended art or science of determining an Individual's character from the hand, the latter the attempt to foretell from the appearance of the hand ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
10
The Literary Digest
This clearness of perception and facility of execution, recognized as genius in man, are precisely what characterize the special labors of insects and other of the lower animals in their special narrow fields. CHIROGNOMY. OTTO MORETUS.

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIROGNOMY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chirognomy is used in the context of the following news items.
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From Interpreter to Palm Reader to Painter
I became a certified handwriting analyst — and then became fascinated with the science of the hand (chirognomy) and the physical relationship ... «Virginia Connection Newspapers, Aug 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chirognomy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chirognomy>. Apr 2024 ».
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