cartomancy

English

Etymology

From carto- +‎ -mancy.[1]

Noun

cartomancy (uncountable)

  1. Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 91:
      These travelling magicians [...] rarely penetrated more deeply into magic than cartomancy, palmistry and the like.

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  1. ^ “cartomancy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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