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brontomancy

brontomancy noun: divination by thunder.

Noun

brontomancy (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Divination by thunder.

Synonyms of brontomancy

Origin of brontomancy

From bronto- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).

Questions about brontomancy

What does brontomancy mean?
Brontomancy means divination by thunder.
What part of speech is brontomancy?
Brontomancy is a noun.

Words near brontomancy in the dictionary

  1. brontobytes
  2. brontograph
  3. brontographs
  4. brontologies
  5. brontology
  6. brontomancy
  7. brontometer
  8. brontometers
  9. brontophobia
  10. brontornithid
  11. brontornithids

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