nigromancy
/ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […]."
- ""I hope thou wilt bring with thee Rebecca, even the scholar of the wise Miriam, whose cures the Gentiles slandered as if they had been wrought by nigromancy.""
- "Whoever can deal with these mortal spirits and command them to do his business is proficient in the second species of nigromancy."
Etymology
From Middle English nigromauncy, from Old French nigromancie, nigremance, from Late Latin nigromantia, a blend of niger (“black”) and necromantīa (“necromancy”). Compare black art.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nigromauncy, nigromancie, nigromantia
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/
Usage
Inflected Forms
nigromancies (plural)
igramansie (alternative)
igramansy (alternative)
igrimansie (alternative)
nagramisse (alternative)
negromancie (alternative)
negromancy (alternative)
nicromansie (alternative)
nicromancy (alternative)
nigomancy (alternative)
nigramansy (alternative)
nigromansie (alternative)