Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cledonism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cle-donism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination through the interpretation of words (written or spoken) encountered by chance.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And indeed cledonism, or the putting of a prophetic sense on words spoken with another reference (John xi. 50 sq.) can never have been the business of a class of men (Jud. ix. 37, Jer. xxvii. 9, Micah v. 12), or been so marked a type of divination that Isaiah could speak of it as characteristically Philistine, and that Isa. lvii. 3 could found on it a name of opprobrium."
"We shall find Cledonism stereotyped and converted into palpable lots in the most perfected of the lottery methods, that which uses written speech, phrases designated by chance and applied to a given interrogation."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κληδών (klēdṓn, “an omen”) + -ism.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κληδών
Suffix: ism

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

cledonomancy

Questions

What does cledonism mean?: Divination through the interpretation of words (written or spoken) encountered by chance.
Where does cledonism come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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