Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
arithmomancy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divination by means of numbers.
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- noun
Divination usingnumbers that are the equivalent ofletters of aname
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun divination by means of numbers
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmos, "number") + -mancy.
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Examples
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In Amsterdam, a few years ago, through the use of arithmancy, he had induced Hope the banker to take over the insurance of
Casanova's Homecoming Arthur Schnitzler 1896
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