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单词 cartomancy
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Definition of cartomancy in English:

cartomancy

noun ˈkɑːtə(ʊ)ˌmansiˈkɑrdəˌmænsi
mass noun
  • Fortune telling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rumpology works the same way as astrology, cartomancy, metoposcopy, palmistry, and getting messages from ghosts.
    • Astrology, astrotherapy, biorhythms, cartomancy, chiromancy, the enneagram, fortune telling, graphology, rumpology, etc., seem to work because they seem to provide accurate personality analyses.
    • There are many different tarot decks used in cartomancy.
    • Alliette (writing under the name of Etteilla) was probably the most famous of the French writers on cartomancy (divination by cards) Abrégé de la Cartomancie.
    • You could just use traditional cartomancy with a normal set of cards if needs drive.

Derivatives

  • cartomancer

  • noun
    • You don't have to be a prophet or a cartomancer to work that out; you just have to be completely detached.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By the eighteenth century, cartomancers - as fortune tellers were frequently called - were all the rage.
      • Many professional cartomancers use a regular deck of playing cards for divination.
      • My life happened to intersect with the Tarot at an early age, so these days I'm a pretty decent cartomancer.
      • These meanings are based on the traditional interpretations used by cartomancers for centuries.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French cartomancie, from carte 'card' + -mancie (see -mancy).

 
 

Definition of cartomancy in US English:

cartomancy

nounˈkärdəˌmansēˈkɑrdəˌmænsi
  • Fortune telling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rumpology works the same way as astrology, cartomancy, metoposcopy, palmistry, and getting messages from ghosts.
    • You could just use traditional cartomancy with a normal set of cards if needs drive.
    • Astrology, astrotherapy, biorhythms, cartomancy, chiromancy, the enneagram, fortune telling, graphology, rumpology, etc., seem to work because they seem to provide accurate personality analyses.
    • There are many different tarot decks used in cartomancy.
    • Alliette (writing under the name of Etteilla) was probably the most famous of the French writers on cartomancy (divination by cards) Abrégé de la Cartomancie.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French cartomancie, from carte ‘card’ + -mancie (see -mancy).

 
 
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