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meteoromancy

meteoromancy noun: divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.

Noun

meteoromancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
    • The Romans are believed to have derived meteoromancy from Etruria.1855 Elihu Rich in Smedley et al. Occult Sci.
    • METEOROMANCY: A special branch of astromancy dealing with omens that pertain to shooting stars. Ancient Roman augurs included thunder, lightning, eclipses, and other heavenly phenomena in such divinations.[1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 321

Origin of meteoromancy

From Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “in mid-air”) + -mancy.

Questions about meteoromancy

What does meteoromancy mean?
Meteoromancy means divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
What part of speech is meteoromancy?
Meteoromancy is a noun.

Words near meteoromancy in the dictionary

  1. meteorologically
  2. meteorologies
  3. meteorologist
  4. meteorologists
  5. meteorology
  6. meteoromancy
  7. meteorometer
  8. meteorometers
  9. meteorong
  10. meteorongs
  11. meteoropath

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