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stichomancy

stichomancy noun: divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.

Noun

stichomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.
    Synonyms:
    bibliomancy

Synonyms of stichomancy

Origin of stichomancy

From sticho- + -mancy. First used to translate French stichomantie in Rabelais.

Questions about stichomancy

What does stichomancy mean?
Stichomancy means divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.
What part of speech is stichomancy?
Stichomancy is a noun.

Words near stichomancy in the dictionary

  1. stichodactylid
  2. stichodactylids
  3. stichoi
  4. sticholysin
  5. sticholysins
  6. stichomancy
  7. stichometric
  8. stichometrical
  9. stichometrically
  10. stichometries
  11. stichometry

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