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lunomancy

lunomancy noun: divination by interpreting shadows created by moonlight on a person's face dusted with silver. This is most often done on the full moon to have the highest moonlight intensity.

Noun

lunomancy (uncountable)

  1. divination by interpreting shadows created by moonlight on a person's face dusted with silver. This is most often done on the full moon to have the highest moonlight intensity.

Origin of lunomancy

Borrowed from Latin luna (“moon”) + -mancy.

Questions about lunomancy

What does lunomancy mean?
Lunomancy means divination by interpreting shadows created by moonlight on a person's face dusted with silver. This is most often done on the full moon to have the highest moonlight intensity.
What part of speech is lunomancy?
Lunomancy is a noun.

Words near lunomancy in the dictionary

  1. lunodromes
  2. lunohamate
  3. lunoid
  4. lunokhod
  5. lunokhods
  6. lunomancy
  7. lunotriquetral
  8. luns
  9. Lunsar
  10. Lunsford
  11. Lunsfords

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