dactylomancy

English

Alternative forms

• dactyliomancy
• dactalomancy

Etymology

dactylo- +‎ -mancy (“divination”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dækˈtɪləmænsi/

Noun

dactylomancy (uncountable)

1. Divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.
   • The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652

     Dactylomancy, by rings […]

   • Mysteries of all Nations xiii, J. Grant, 1880

     Dactyliomancy was divination by means of a ring. The ring was suspended by a thread above a round table, on the edge of which letters of the alphabet were marked. The ring, in shaking or vibrating over the table, stopped over certain of the letters, which, on being connected, supplied the answer asked.