Dactylomancy
//dækˈtɪləmænsi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets. uncountable
"Dactylomancy, by rings […]"
Example
More examples"Dactyliomancy was divination by means of a ring. The ring was suspended by a thread above a round table, on the edge of which letters of the alphabet were marked. The ring, in shaking or vibrating over the table, stopped over certain of the letters, which, on being connected, supplied the answer asked."
Etymology
From dactylo- + -mancy (“divination”), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
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