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geomancy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈdʒiːəʊˌmænsi/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • 1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Hard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

feng shui; Chinese geomancy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling

History

Etymology

From Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geomantia from late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía). Equivalent to geo- + -mancy.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِلْم الرَمْل (ʕilm ar-raml) — type of divination
  • Arabic: رَمْل (raml) — type of divination
  • Armenian: ռամ (ṙam) — type of divination
  • Catalan: geomància — type of divination
  • Czech: geomantie — type of divination
  • Danish: geomanti — type of divination
  • Dutch: geomantie — type of divination
  • Dutch: geomantiek — type of divination
  • Finnish: geomantia — type of divination
  • French: géomancie — type of divination
  • Galician: xeomancia — type of divination
  • German: Geomantie — type of divination
  • Greek: γεωμαντεία (geomanteía) — type of divination
  • Hungarian: geomancia — type of divination
  • Ido: geomancio — type of divination
  • Italian: geomanzia — type of divination
  • Latin: geomantia — type of divination
  • Middle English: geomancie — type of divination
  • Norwegian: geomantikk — type of divination
  • Polish: geomancja — type of divination
  • Portuguese: geomancia — type of divination
  • Romanian: geomanție — type of divination
  • Russian: геомантия (geomantija) — type of divination
  • Spanish: geomancia — type of divination
  • Swahili: ramli — type of divination
  • Swedish: geomanti — type of divination