ambulomancy

A1M3B3U1L1O1M3A1N1C3Y4

noun

Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.

OriginLatin ambulō →
Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounambulomancy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAny of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.

    To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking.

    2008, Dixie Deerman, Steve Rasmussen, The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems, →ISBN, page 123
    1 more example

    Schenkar illuminates her subject by drawing on a range of disciplines, "among them: astrology, social anthropology, the panoply of psychologies, literary theory, chirology, psychometry and ambulomancy."

    2007 Summer, Anne Charles, “Narratives of People, Places, and Paintings”, in NWSA Journal, volume 19, number 2

Origin

  1. Latinambulō“walk”
  2. Englishambulomancy

From Latin ambulō (“walk”) + -mancy.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

ambulomancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambulomancy

MLA

“ambulomancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambulomancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambulomancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambulomancy.

Source: ambulomancy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.