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macharomancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
macharo-man-cy
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.

Uncountable

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαχαίρα (makhaíra, “dagger”) + -mancy.

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Inflected Forms

machæromancy (alternative) machairomancy (alternative)

Questions

What does macharomancy mean?
Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.
Where does macharomancy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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