English Explanatory Dictionary

necyomancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of necromancy.

Word forms

necyomancy necromancy egromancy necyomancie necyomantia necyomanty

Etymology

From the Classical Latin necyomantīa, from the Koine Greek νεκυομαντεία (nekuomanteía), from the Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Compare the French necyomance.

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