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enoptromancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔνοπτρον (énoptron, “mirror”) + -mancy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Divination by means of a mirror or other reflective surfaces.
    • enoptromancy a form of divination involving a mirror and its reflections. 1986 Urdang (ed.) -Ologies & -Isms (3rd ed.)
    • enoptromancy...Divination with a mirror. 1908, Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dict.:

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Synonyms

catoptromancy · scrying · crystallomancy