Necromancy (noun)
nek-ro-man-see
The supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future.
Middle English nigromancie, via Old French from medieval Latin nigromantia, changed (by association with Latin niger, nigr- ‘black’) from late Latin necromantia, from Greek(see necro-, -mancy). The spelling was changed in the 16th century to conform with the late Latin form.
Example sentences
“He was such a creep with his notions of necromancy.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)