nigromancy
UK/ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/
nigromancy noun: necromancy; magic involving death.
Noun
nigromancy (countable and uncountable, plural nigromancies)
- Necromancy; magic involving death.
- But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- "I hope thou wilt bring with thee Rebecca, even the scholar of the wise Miriam, whose cures the Gentiles slandered as if they had been wrought by nigromancy."1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
Forms of nigromancy
| plural | nigromancies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | igramansie |
| alternative form | igramansy |
| alternative form | igrimansie |
| alternative form | nagramisse |
| alternative form | negromancie |
| alternative form | negromancy |
| alternative form | nicromansie |
| alternative form | nicromancy |
| alternative form | nigomancy |
| alternative form | nigramansy |
| alternative form | nigromansie |
| alternative form | nycromancie |
| alternative form | nycromancy |
| alternative form | nygramyce |
| alternative form | nygramyssy |
| alternative form | nygromansie |
Origin of nigromancy
From Middle English nigromauncy, from Old French nigromancie, nigremance, from Late Latin nigromantia, a blend of niger (“black”) and necromantīa (“necromancy”). Compare black art.
Questions about nigromancy
- What does nigromancy mean?
- Nigromancy means necromancy; magic involving death.
- What part of speech is nigromancy?
- Nigromancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nigromancy?
- Nigromancy is pronounced /ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nigromancy?
- The plural of nigromancy is nigromancies.
Words near nigromancy in the dictionary
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