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chartomancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “leaf of paper”) + -mancy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Divination by interpreting inscriptions on writing paper.
    • 1652 Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Chartomancy, by writing in papers […]
    • CHARTOMANCY: Divination by writing or interpreting inscriptions, sometimes of mysterious origin. Predictions written in invisible ink, which appears when papers are heated, come in this general category. So do greeting cards. [1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 315: