hydromancy

hy·dro·man·cy

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahy-druh-man-see]
- /ˈhaɪ drəˌmæn si/
- /hˈaɪdrəʊmənsi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahy-druh-man-see]
- /ˈhaɪ drəˌmæn si/

Definitions of hydromancy word

noun hydromancy divination by means of the motions or appearance of water. 1
noun hydromancy divination by water 0
noun hydromancy divination by the observation of water 0

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Origin of hydromancy

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

1585-95; earlier hydromantie, -cie (< Middle French) ≪ Late Greek hydromanteía divination by water; replacing Middle English ydromancye < Middle French ydromancie < L. See hydro-1, -mancy

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Parts of speech for Hydromancy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hydromancy

hydromancy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

hydromancy usage trend in Literature

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