maculomancy

M3A1C3U1L1O1M3A1N1C3Y4

A form of moleomancy — Divination by interpreting moles on the body, supposedly developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates.

OriginAncient Greek μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā) ← Latin macula ← Proto-Italic *smaklom →
Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounmaculomancy (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of moleomancy.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*smeH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥Htlóm
  3. Proto-Italic*smaklom
  4. Latinmacula
  5. Ancient Greekμᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā)
  6. Englishmaculomancy

From Latin macula (“spot”) + English -o- + -mancy.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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