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psephomancy

/ˈsɛfəˌmænsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psephoman-cy
IPA
/ˈsɛfəˌmænsi/
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination by drawing pebbles from a pile.

Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin psēphomantia, from Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble used for casting a vote”), + -mancy.

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How do you pronounce psephomancy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛfəˌmænsi/.
What does psephomancy mean?
Divination by drawing pebbles from a pile.
Where does psephomancy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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