"gyromancy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gyromancies [plural]
Etymology: gyro- + -mancy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|gyro|mancy}} gyro- + -mancy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} gyromancy (usually uncountable, plural gyromancies)
  1. Divination where people walk on a circle of letters until dizzy; the letters they fall on are significant. Similar to Dervishing. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Divination
    Sense id: en-gyromancy-en-noun-6kqNK~~g Disambiguation of Divination: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with gyro-, English terms suffixed with -mancy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with gyro-: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mancy: 79 21
  2. Divination by whirling a coin on a circle of letters. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-gyromancy-en-noun-7gExRT0C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gyromancye, giromancy, giromantie [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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