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logomancy

logomancy noun: divination with words.

Noun

logomancy (countable and uncountable, plural logomancies)

  1. Divination with words.
    • He mimed and mocked me. His allusions were definitely highbrow. He was well-read. He knew French. He was versed in logodaedaly and logomancy.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 23, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 2, pages 251–252

Forms of logomancy

plurallogomancies

Origin of logomancy

From logo- + -mancy.

Questions about logomancy

What does logomancy mean?
Logomancy means divination with words.
What part of speech is logomancy?
Logomancy is a noun.
What is the plural of logomancy?
The plural of logomancy is logomancies.

Words near logomancy in the dictionary

  1. logomachizes
  2. logomachizing
  3. logomachs
  4. logomachy
  5. logomancies
  6. logomancy
  7. logomania
  8. logomaniac
  9. logomaniacal
  10. logomaniacs
  11. logomantic

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