hydromancy
Divination by water or other liquidDivination by water or other liquid.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Divination by water or other liquid.
divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From French hydromancie or Late Latin hydromantia, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromaFrom French hydromancie or Late Latin hydromantia, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía); corresponding to hydro- + -mancy.
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Forms
plural: hydromanciesWord family
3 related wordsDerivedhydromantic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.