Onychomancy or variously onuchomancy, onychomantia, onycomancy, onymancy (from Greek onychos, `fingernail`, and manteia, `fortune-telling`) is an ancient form of divination using fingernails. It consists of watching the reflection of sunlight on the oiled fingernails of an unpolluted boy, then interpreting the symbols that appear. The fingers ...
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divination by the fingernails
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• (n.) Divination by the nails.
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On'y·cho·man`cy noun [ Greek ..., ..., a finger nail +
-mancy : confer French
onychomancie .] Divination by the nails.
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Onychomancy is divination by the fingernails.
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onychomancy, onycomancy A specialized phase of onychomancy whereby a person`s future is gauged by the appearance of the fingernails themselves. This has become an aspect of cheiromancy.
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