Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meteoromancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: me-te-oro-man-cy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1855 Elihu Rich in Smedley et al. Occult Sci. The Romans are believed to have derived meteoromancy from Etruria."
"METEOROMANCY: A special branch of astromancy dealing with omens that pertain to shooting stars. Ancient Roman augurs included thunder, lightning, eclipses, and other heavenly phenomena in such divinations."
"1983 Complete Bk Predictions Meteoromancy: Divination from meteors and shooting stars."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “in mid-air”) + -mancy.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: μετέωρος
Suffix: mancy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does meteoromancy mean?: Divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
Where does meteoromancy come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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