Lenormand
Lenormand noun: a type of fortune-telling card named after Marie Anne Lenormand.
Noun
Lenormand (countable and uncountable, plural Lenormands)
- A type of fortune-telling card named after Marie Anne Lenormand.
- There are three kinds of Lenormand cards: Petit Lenormand, Grand Jeu Lenormand and Petit Jeu Lenormand.
- The large card is from a Lenormand fortune-telling deck (French, c. 1860) with mythological and astrological symbols.1960, Otto C. Lightner, Pearl Ann Reeder, Hobbies - Volume 65, page 126
Examples of Lenormand in a sentence
- German, Austrian and even Belgian and Swiss cardmakers have made and still make these 'Petit Lenormands'.1996, Michael Dummett, Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis, A Wicked Pack of Cards: Origins of the Occult Tarot, page 141:
- It is wonderful how literal and direct the Lenormand cards will be if you allow them to speak clearly and simply.2013, Marcus Katz, Tali Goodwin, Learning Lenormand: Traditional Fortune Telling for Modern Life, →ISBN:
- Combining the simplicity of the traditional but little-known Lenormand deck with the familiarity of the tarot, Dunn creates a unique learning format blending these two powerful systems.2013, Patrick Dunn, Cartomancy with the Lenormand and the Tarot, →ISBN:
Forms of Lenormand
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Origin of Lenormand
Named after Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand, a fortune-teller during the Napoleonic era.
Questions about Lenormand
- What does Lenormand mean?
- Lenormand means a type of fortune-telling card named after Marie Anne Lenormand.
- How do you use Lenormand in a sentence?
- German, Austrian and even Belgian and Swiss cardmakers have made and still make these 'Petit Lenormands'.
- What part of speech is Lenormand?
- Lenormand is a noun.
- What is the plural of Lenormand?
- The plural of Lenormand is Lenormands.
Words near Lenormand in the dictionary
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