adj
Meaning 1
Relating to divination; prophetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mantic
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mănʹtĭk
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmæntɪk/
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rhymes with -æntɪk
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UK: /ˈmantɪk/
noun
Meaning 2
A soothsayer, a seer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
- mantic powers
- a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divinatory, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikós), from μάντις (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”).