Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambulomancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-bu-lo-man-cy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Schenkar illuminates her subject by drawing on a range of disciplines, "among them: astrology, social anthropology, the panoply of psychologies, literary theory, chirology, psychometry and ambulomancy.""
"To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking."

Etymology

From Latin ambulō (“walk”) + -mancy.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ambulō
Suffix: mancy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ambulomancy mean?: Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
Where does ambulomancy come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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