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noun
Divination by water or other liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
History
From French hydromancie or Late Latin hydromantia, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía); corresponding to hydro- + -mancy.
Across languages
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