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Meaning of "gyromancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GYROMANCY

gyromancy  [ˈdʒaɪrəˌmænsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GYROMANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gyromancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GYROMANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gyromancy

Gyromancy is a method of divination in which a person spins around inside or walks the circumference of a circle drawn on the ground, the perimeter of which is marked with the letters of an alphabet. The divination is inferred from the letter at the position where the person either stumbles or falls across the circle’s edge. The person would repeat the practice "...till he evolved an intelligible sentence, or till death or madness intervened." The dizziness brought on by spinning or circling is intended to introduce randomness or to facilitate an altered state of consciousness. The word is derived from Medieval Latin, gyromantia, which is derived from Greek gyros and manteia.

Definition of gyromancy in the English dictionary

The definition of gyromancy in the dictionary is a method of prediction or prophecy in which a person moves round and round in a circle and the place at which they fall to the ground is said to be highly significant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GYROMANCY


belomancy
ˈbeləˌmænsɪ
bibliomancy
ˈbɪblɪəʊˌmænsɪ
cartomancy
ˈkɑːtəˌmænsɪ
chiromancy
ˈkaɪrəˌmænsɪ
cleromancy
ˈklerəˌmænsɪ
coscinomancy
ˈkɒsɪnəʊˌmænsɪ
dactyliomancy
dækˈtɪlɪəˌmænsɪ
geomancy
ˈdʒiːəʊˌmænsɪ
hieromancy
ˈhaɪərəˌmænsɪ
lampadomancy
ˈlæmpədəˌmænsɪ
lithomancy
ˈlɪθəˌmænsɪ
necromancy
ˈnɛkrəʊˌmænsɪ
oenomancy
ˈiːnəˌmænsɪ
pyromancy
ˈpaɪrəʊˌmænsɪ
rhabdomancy
ˈræbdəˌmænsɪ
scapulimancy
ˈskæpjʊləˌmænsɪ
scapulomancy
ˈskæpjʊləˌmænsɪ
sciomancy
ˈsaɪəˌmænsɪ
spodomancy
ˈspɒdəˌmænsɪ
zoomancy
ˈzəʊəˌmænsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GYROMANCY

gyrocar
gyrocompass
gyrocopter
gyrodyne
gyrofrequency
gyroidal
gyrolite
gyromagnetic
gyromagnetic ratio
gyromagnetism
gyron
gyronic
gyronny
gyropilot
gyroplane
gyroscope
gyroscopic
gyroscopically
gyroscopics
gyrose

WORDS THAT END LIKE GYROMANCY

adamancy
adiathermancy
aeromancy
athermancy
axinomancy
botanomancy
capnomancy
ceromancy
cheiromancy
crithomancy
crystallomancy
diathermancy
dormancy
fancy
gastromancy
hydromancy
myomancy
omphalomancy
ornithomancy
tephromancy
theomancy

Synonyms and antonyms of gyromancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gyromancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GYROMANCY

Find out the translation of gyromancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gyromancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gyromancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gyromancy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gyromancy
570 millions of speakers

English

gyromancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gyromancy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gyromancy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gyromancy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gyromancy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gyromancy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gyromancy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gyromancy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gyromancy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gyromancy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gyromancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gyromancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gyromancy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுழன்று சுழன்று கீழே மயக்கமுற்று விழுந்து வருவது உரைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोरोमन्सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gyromancy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gyromancy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gyromancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gyromancy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gyromancy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gyromancy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gyromancy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gyromancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gyromancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gyromancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GYROMANCY»

The term «gyromancy» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.944 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GYROMANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gyromancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gyromancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gyromancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYROMANCY»

Discover the use of gyromancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gyromancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and ...
Another form of gyromancy was simply to induce a state of prophetic delirium. As part of religious rites, the participants sometimes spun around repeatedly, on one or both feet, with arms outstretched. There is a similarity here to the Whirling ...
Raymond Buckland, 2003
2
The british cyclopedia of literature, history,geography, law ...
... leaving their country is not known ; but very probably they were induced to fly from the cruelties exercised by Tamerlane, on his march into India, in 1393, when this savage conqueror filled the country with blood and devastation. Gyromancy.
charles F. partington, 1836
3
An Encyclopaedia of Occultism
Gyromancy. Hallucination. prophecy, charming, or other abused sciences." For the term "charming," iike " glamour " and other kindred words {e.g. " enchantment, " " bewitched," "spellbound") bore reference to the mesmeric influence.
Lewis Spence, 2006
4
Dictionary of the Occult
gyromancy Guido Bonatti: A thirteenth century Italian astrologer and magician. On one occasion he brought wealth to an apothecary friend by making a wax image of a magically endowed ship. Guillaume de Paris: A mediaeval wizard who ...
Harry E. Wedeck, 2009
5
An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, 1959-1961
Dancing or spinning quickly in a circle and suddenly receiving knowledge of the future is certainly a variation on gyromancy, an ancient form of divination (or auguring) in which people glean knowledge of the future, and sometimes even of the ...
John Kenneth Muir, 2001
6
The Dictionary of the Esoteric: 3000 Entries on the Mystical ...
Gurney, Edmund - Gyromancy type of effort, he argued, could one overcome the slavery of robot-like existence that most people confuse with real life. Gurdjieff was supremely practical and was inclined to downplay knowledge obtained from  ...
Nevill Drury, 2004
7
Encyclopædia americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
Gyrfalcon, or Jerfalcon. (See Falcon.) Gyromancy (from the Greek words yufos, a circle, and iwvtehz, prophecy) ; the art of prophesying by means of a circle, described by the soothsayer with various ceremonies, and around which he walks, ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1854
8
The Complete Fortune Teller
GYROMANCY GLOSSARY USEFUL ADDRESSES, WEBSITES & FURTHER READING. As the name implies, this is fortune telling by using circles, or by moving in or around circles. Circles certainly do have strong mystical connotations.
Marc Lemezma, 2006
9
Signal to Noise
Nathan Turk Mnemonists Gyromancy ReR MegaCorp MN2 CD An art collective based in Fort Collins, Colorado, the Mnemonists made several albums in the late 70s / early 80s before changing the name of their musical configuration to Biota, ...
‎2005
10
Fahrenheit 666
By following a strictly defined Hierarchical sequence of lepomancy, extispicy, empyromancy and adaptive gyromancy, he had developed a highly satisfying and nutritious approach to post mortems. It went something like this. Having nurtured a ...
Andrew Harman, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GYROMANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gyromancy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Top 10 facts about walking
6. …but gyromancy is divination by walking in a circle until the subject falls over from dizziness. 7. Both President George W Bush and his father ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
2
Tristoy Review
He also has the capability of gyromancy, meaning he can interact with gears and machines, which is actually pretty cool when it comes to ... «Power Up Gaming, Mar 15»
3
Author and Prof. Ron Rindo talks about career
In 2009, I suffered from a sudden attack of vertigo, so I wrote an essay titled “Gyromancy” about that experience. That essay was actually ... «Advance Titan, Apr 14»
4
QI: Quite interesting facts abouts circles
Gyromancy is a form of divination in which a person walks in circles until they fall over through dizziness. The position one falls in is then used ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 11»

REFERENCE
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