-mancy
/mænsi/
-mancy suffix: divination.
Suffix
-mancy
- Divination.
- Variety of magic, especially that controlling or related to a specific element, substance, or theme.
Origin of -mancy
From Latin -mantīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Words formed from -mancy
- -mance: to carry out a specified form of magic
- divination
- -mancer: a person who employs a specified form of magic
- -mantic: of
- pertaining to a specified form of magic
- acultomancy
- aëromancy
- ailuromancy
- alectoromancy
- alectryomancy
- aleuromancy
- alomancy
- alphitomancy
- ambulomancy
- anthracomancy
- anthropomancy
- arithmancy
- arithmomancy
- astragalomancy
- athermancy
- austromancy
- axinomancy
- belomancy
- bibliomancy
- botanomancy
- brizomancy
- brontomancy
- capnomancy
- carnomancy
- cartomancy
- catoptromancy
- ceraunomancy
- ceromancy
- chaomancy
- chartomancy
- cheiromancy
- chiromancy
- cleromancy
- coscinomancy
- criomancy
- crithomancy
- crystallomancy
- dactyliomancy
- dactylomancy
- daphnomancy
- diathermancy
- electro-thermancy
- enoptomancy
- felidomancy
- floromancy
- gastromancy
- geomancy
- gyromancy
- halomancy
- hematomancy
- hemomancy
- hieromancy
- hydromancy
- ichthyomancy
- labiomancy
Questions about -mancy
- What does -mancy mean?
- -mancy means divination.
- What part of speech is -mancy?
- -mancy is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -mancy?
- -mancy is pronounced /mænsi/.
Words near -mancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -mancy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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