goety

English

Etymology

From Latin goetia, from Ancient Greek γοητεία (goēteía, “witchcraft”), from γόης (góēs, “sorceror”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊɪti/

Noun

goety (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) witchcraft, demonic magic, necromancy.

   Synonyms: black art, diablerie, sorcery; see also Thesaurus:magic, Thesaurus:black magic

   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     'Then it is witchcraft?' I said, pointing to the amulet.
     'I know not, my lord,' he answered; 'but if it be witchcraft it is of the honourable sort and not the goety of Sahitan. […] '

   • August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust":

     The confused and high-piled litter of manuscripts, volumes, notebooks on his writing-table had seemingly lain untouched by anything but his own hand; and his bookshelves, with their bizarre and terrifical array of authorities on diabolism, necromancy, goety, on all the ridiculed or outlawed sciences, were undisturbed and intact.

Derived terms

• goetic

Anagrams

• togey