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Bibliomancy: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Bibliomancy noun. Seeking guidance or predicting the future by opening a book at random and reading the first passage seen.
How to say it
BIB-lee-oh-man-see/ˈbɪblɪə(ʊ)ˌmansi/
5 syllables, stressed on the first (BIB).
Bibliomancy in a sentence
Stuck on a decision, she tried bibliomancy with her old poetry anthology.
Bibliomancy with a cookbook told him to fold in the egg whites, which wasn't much help.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- divination by book
- sortes
Where bibliomancy comes from
From Greek biblion, book, and manteia, divination.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
_____ with a cookbook told him to fold in the egg whites, which wasn't much help.
- octothorpe
- bibliomancy
- manuscript
Show the answer
bibliomancy: Bibliomancy with a cookbook told him to fold in the egg whites, which wasn't much help.