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gyromancy

gyromancy noun: divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant. Similar to Dervishing.

Noun

gyromancy (usually uncountable, plural gyromancies)

  1. (usually) Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant. Similar to Dervishing.
  2. (usually) Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters.

Forms of gyromancy

pluralgyromancies
alternative formgiromancy

Origin of gyromancy

From gyro- + -mancy.

Questions about gyromancy

What does gyromancy mean?
Gyromancy means divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant. Similar to Dervishing.
What part of speech is gyromancy?
Gyromancy is a noun.
What is the plural of gyromancy?
The plural of gyromancy is gyromancies.

Words near gyromancy in the dictionary

  1. gyromagnetic ratios
  2. gyromagnetically
  3. gyromagnetics
  4. gyromagnetism
  5. gyromancies
  6. gyromancy
  7. gyromantic
  8. gyromata
  9. gyrometer
  10. gyrometers
  11. gyrometric

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