Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egromancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: egro-man-cy
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of necromancy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Then she stood up; and, pronouncing some word to me unintelligible, she said: — By virtue of my egromancy become thou half stone and half man; whereupon I became what thou seest, unable to rise or sit, and neither dead nor alive."
"Whereby I know that this twelfth King of the house of Gorice in Carcë shall be a most crafty warlock, full of guiles and wiles, who by the might of his egromancy and the sword of Witchland shall exceed all earthly powers that be."

Etymology

Coined by Richard Francis Burton from Middle English forms of necromancy, such as egremauncey and egremauncye.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does egromancy mean?: Alternative form of necromancy.
Where does egromancy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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