nigromancy

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UK/ˈnɪɡɹə(ʊ)mansi/

noun

Necromancy; magic involving death.

OriginMiddle English nigromauncy ← Old French nigromancie ← Late Latin nigromantia →
First used 14th c.Scrabble 18
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nounnigromancy (countable and uncountable, plural nigromancies)

plural nigromancies · alternative igramansie · alternative igramansy · alternative igrimansie · alternative nagramisse · alternative negromancie · alternative negromancy · alternative nicromansie · alternative nicromancy · alternative nigomancy · alternative nigramansy · alternative nigromansie · alternative nycromancie · alternative nycromancy · alternative nygramyce · alternative nygramyssy

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableNecromancy; magic involving death.First known use 14th c.

    But ah! celestial enchantress! the negromancy of thy tyrannical charms hath fettered my faculties with adamantine chains […].

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
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    "I hope thou wilt bring with thee Rebecca, even the scholar of the wise Miriam, whose cures the Gentiles slandered as if they had been wrought by nigromancy."

    1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC

    Whoever can deal with these mortal spirits and command them to do his business is proficient in the second species of nigromancy.

    1999, Paracelsus, “Astronomia Magna”, in Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, transl., Essential Readings, North Atlantic Books, page 126

Origin

  1. Late Latinnigromantia
  2. Old Frenchnigromancie
  3. Middle Englishnigromauncy
  4. Englishnigromancy

From Middle English nigromauncy, from Old French nigromancie, nigremance, from Late Latin nigromantia, a blend of niger (“black”) and necromantīa (“necromancy”). Compare black art.

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APA

nigromancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigromancy

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“nigromancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigromancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nigromancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigromancy.

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