HYDROMANCY


Meaning of HYDROMANCY in English

-sē, -si noun

( -es )

Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin hydromantia ) of Middle English ydromancye, from Middle French ydromancie, from Latin hydromantia, from (assumed) Greek hydromanteia, from Greek hydr- + manteia divination — more at -mancy

: divination by water or other liquid (as by visions seen therein or the ebb and flow of tides)

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