Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stichomancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sti-choman-cy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.

Uncountable

Etymology

From sticho- + -mancy. First used to translate French stichomantie in Rabelais.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: stichomantie

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

bibliomancy

Questions

What does stichomancy mean?: Divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.
Where does stichomancy come from?: It is traced to French.

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