meteoromancy means divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors. It carries an Arena rating of 1425, earned across 84 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, meteoromancy ranks #435 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #713 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #1,155 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #1,642 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “meteoromancy” is a great word
METEOROMANCY — [Noun] The practice of divining the future by interpreting transient atmospheric and celestial events, such as thunder, lightning, meteors, and comets. From the Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, "raised, lofty, in mid-air") and -μαντεία (-manteia, "divination"), via the combining form -mancy. The word is attested in English from 1797. Unlike astrology, which charts the fixed dance of planets and stars, or aeromancy, which reads the softer scripture of winds and clouds, meteoromancy seeks urgent portents in the sky's most dramatic and transient disruptions. It is the omen written in the brief, fiery scar of a falling star, the prophecy declared in the silent architecture of a comet’s tail, and the divine verdict pronounced in the thunderclap that splits the sky—a fragile testament to the ancient compulsion to find narrative where there is only weather.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “in mid-air”) + -mancy.
noun
- Divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.e.g.“1855 Elihu Rich in Smedley et al. Occult Sci.
The Romans are believed to have derived meteoromancy from Etruria.”
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