Etymology

macharomancy

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μαχαίρα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμαχαίρα“dagger”
  2. English todaymacharomancy

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

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