Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Divination by the ascent or motion of smoke.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
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- noun
Divination by interpreting smoke rising from a fire. A form ofpyromancy .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek (kapnos, "smoke").
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Examples
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This picture illustrates capnomancy, the art of fortune-telling using smoke patterns.
john commented on the word capnomancy
“Divination by the study of smoke rising from a fire.�? Many citations here.
April 4, 2009
fbharjo commented on the word capnomancy
goes up in smoke
August 24, 2009