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selenomancy

selenomancy noun: divination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy.

Noun

selenomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy.
    • He is openly incredulous about the gem glossopetra, shaped like a human tongue and supposed to fall from the sky during an eclipse of the moon and to be invaluable in selenomancy.1923, Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, page 98
    • For millennia we have tried to fathom it: via selenography and selenomancy, poetry and algebra, robots and rockets.2019, Leah Hager Cohen, Strangers and Cousins, page 240

Origin of selenomancy

From seleno- + -mancy.

Questions about selenomancy

What does selenomancy mean?
Selenomancy means divination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy.
What part of speech is selenomancy?
Selenomancy is a noun.

Words near selenomancy in the dictionary

  1. selenologist
  2. selenologists
  3. selenology
  4. selenols
  5. SELENOM
  6. selenomancy
  7. selenometabolism
  8. selenometabolite
  9. selenometabolites
  10. selenometalate
  11. selenometalates

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