discriminal, a. rare.
(dɪˈskrɪmɪnəl)
[ad. L. discrīmināl-is serving to divide or separate, f. discrīmen division, distinction: see -al1.]
Of the nature of a distinction or division.
discriminal line in Palmistry: see quot.
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sc. etc. 224 [Chiromancy] The lines on the palm of the hand are divided into principal and inferior; the former are five: the line of life..the dragon's tail, or discriminal line, between the hand and the arm. |