geomancy
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geomancy
- /ˈdʒiːəʊˌmænsi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geomantia from late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía). Equivalent to geo- + -mancy.
noun geomancies · geomancie
- A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed. 1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Hard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come...
- feng shui; Chinese geomancy. geomancy [...] The pretended art of divining future events, or of ascertaining the luckiness or unluckiness of any event or locality, by means of signs connected with the earth [...] or, as in China, from the configuration and aspect of a particular region in its relation to some other.
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Talk about this word "geomancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/geomancy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. geomancy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/geomancy "geomancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/geomancy.Cite this
@misc{geomancy_2026,
title = {geomancy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/geomancy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
