psychomanticadj.
/ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈmantɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ rare.
Of, relating to, or making use of psychomancy (in various senses).
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1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking 24 Addicted to the whole train of Superstitions; Omens, Presages, Prodigies, Spectres, Dreams, Visions, Auguries, Oracles, Magic, Theurgic, Psychomantic.
1860 N.Y. Times 3 Sept. 7/5 (advt.) Prof. Anderson reluctantly announces that these will positively, definitively, irrevocably, be his last six nights, and his valedictory psychomantic performances.
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 51 305 The influence of the dead on the living..is unimportant in Homer except for the Nekyia, which..includes a detailed description of a psychomantic ritual.
1946 H. Kuttner in Startling Stories Summer 38 Even in Earth-world there are mediums, mind-readers, psychomantic experts, ESP specialists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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