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cromniomancy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Divination by onions or onion sprouts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1660, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy in Brand Popular Antiquities (1844) iii. Burton [...] speaks of "cromnysmantia," a kind of divination with onions laid on the altar at Christmas Eve, practised by girls, to know when they shall be married, and how many husbands they shall have. This appears also to have been a German custom.

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History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρόμμῠον (krómmŭon, “onion”) + -mancy.