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dactylomancy

UK/dækˈtɪləmænsi/

dactylomancy noun: divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.

Noun

dactylomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.
    • Dactylomancy, by rings […]The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
    • Dactyliomancy was divination by means of a ring. The ring was suspended by a thread above a round table, on the edge of which letters of the alphabet were marked. The ring, in shaking or vibrating over the table, stopped over certain of the letters, which, on being connected, supplied the answer...Mysteries of all Nations xiii, J. Grant, 1880

Forms of dactylomancy

alternative formdactyliomancy
alternative formdactalomancy

Origin of dactylomancy

From dactylo- + -mancy (“divination”), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Questions about dactylomancy

What does dactylomancy mean?
Dactylomancy means divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.
What part of speech is dactylomancy?
Dactylomancy is a noun.
How do you pronounce dactylomancy?
Dactylomancy is pronounced /dækˈtɪləmænsi/ (UK).

Words near dactylomancy in the dictionary

  1. dactylogyrosis
  2. dactyloid
  3. dactyloids
  4. dactylological
  5. dactylology
  6. dactylomancy
  7. dactylomegaly
  8. dactylonomy
  9. dactylopatagia
  10. dactylopatagium
  11. dactylopodid

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