Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablewitchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy.
'Then it is witchcraft?' I said, pointing to the amulet. 'I know not, my lord,' he answered; 'but if it be witchcraft it is of the honourable sort and not the goety of Sahitan. […]'
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
The confused and high-piled litter of manuscripts, volumes, notebooks on his writing-table had seemingly lain untouched by anything but his own hand; and his bookshelves, with their bizarre and terrifical array of authorities on diabolism, necromancy, goety, on all the ridiculed or outlawed sciences, were undisturbed and intact.
August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust"Synonyms: black art, diablerie, sorcery, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration, conjuring
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwitchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy.
Origin
- Ancient Greekγοητεία“witchcraft”
- Latingoetia
- Englishgoety
From Latin goetia, from Ancient Greek γοητεία (goēteía, “witchcraft”), from γόης (góēs, “sorceror”).
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goety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goety
“goety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goety. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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