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moleomancy

noun

Etymology

From mole + -o- + -mancy.

  1. derived from *mey-✻
  2. derived from *mel-✻
  3. inherited from *mailą✻ — “spot, wrinkle”
  4. inherited from *mail✻
  5. inherited from māl — “a mole, spot, mark, blemish”
  6. inherited from mole
  7. formed as moleomancy — “mole + -o- + -mancy”

Definitions

  1. Divination by interpreting moles on the body, supposedly developed by the Greek physician…

    Divination by interpreting moles on the body, supposedly developed by the Greek physician Hippocrates.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for moleomancy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA