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onychomancy|ˈɒnɪkəʊˌmænsɪ| Also 8–9 onyco-. [f. Gr. ὄνυχο-, comb. form of ὄνυξ onyx + -mancy.] Divination from the finger-nails.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165 Onychomancy, [divining] by the nayles. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Onycomancy, or as some write it, Onymancy, a kind of divination by means of the nails of the fingers. 1855Smedley Occult Sci. 324 Chiromancers give the name of Onycomancy, likewise, to the inspection of the natural signs in the nails. |