gyromancy

noun

gy·​ro·​man·​cy

ˈjīrəˌman(t)sē

plural -es

: divination in which one walking in or around a circle falls from dizziness and prognosticates from the place of the fall

Word History

Etymology

probably from Middle French gyromancie, from gyro- gyr- + -mancie -mancy

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