palm·is·try
noun/ˈpɑːmɪstri/
/ˈpɑːmɪstri/
[uncountable]- the art of telling what a person is like and what will happen to them by looking at the lines on the palm of their hand
手相术 Word Originlate Middle English: from palm ‘inner surface of the hand’ + -estry (of unknown origin), later altered to -istry, perhaps on the pattern of sophistry.