Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to geomancy.
A long table was covered with scrolls, skulls, crucibles, crystals, star-charts, geomantic figures, and other appurtenances of a magician's calling.
1903, Richard Garnett, The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales1 more example
And though he was almost persuaded that Aladdin must have died miserably in the subterranean abode where he had left him, yet he had the curiosity to inform himself about his end with certainty; and as he was a great geomancer, he took out of a cupboard a square, covered box, which he used in his geomantic observations.
1909, Unknown, The Arabian Nights
Origin
- Latingeōmanticus
- Englishgeomantic
From Latin geōmanticus. By surface analysis, geo- + -mantic.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French géomantique
- géomantiquerelating to geomancy
Italian geomantico
- geomanticorelating to geomancy
Romanian geomantic
- geomanticrelating to geomancy
Spanish geomántico
- geománticorelating to geomancy
Cite this entry
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