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Revised 2004 onychomancynoun Factsheet What does the noun onychomancy mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun onychomancy. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun onychomancy? Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English What is the etymology of the noun onychomancy? onychomancy is of multiple origins. Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin onychomantia; Greek ὄνυχο-, ‑μαντεία. What is the earliest known use of the noun onychomancy? Earliest known use mid 1600s The earliest known use of the noun onychomancy is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for onychomancy is from 1652, in the writing of John Gaule, Church of England clergyman and author. How is the noun onychomancy pronounced? British English /ˈɒnᵻkə(ʊ)ˌman(t)si/ ON-uh-koh-man-see U.S. English /ˈɑnəkəˌmæn(t)si/ AH-nuh-kuh-man-see Nearby entries - onwil, adj. (& n.)Old English–1250 - onwriting, n.Old English–1557 - onycha, n.a1382– - onychia, n.1814– - onychine, adj. & n.a1382–1681 - onychinus, n.Old English–1750 - onychite, n.1651– - onychites, n.1569–1877 - onycho-, comb. form - onychogryphosis, n.1833– - onychomancy, n.1652– - onychomycosis, n.1865– - onychopathic, adj.1890 - onychopathy, n.1949– - onychophagia, n.1894– - onychophagist, n.1834– - onychophagy, n.1898– - onychophoran, n. & adj.1890– - onychophorous, adj.1857–90 - onycle, n.c1300–1549 - onym, n.1884 Etymology Summary Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin onychomantia; Greek ὄνυχο-, ‑μαντεία. Either < post-classical Latin onychomantia (1544 in G. Cardano Sapientia) or < its elements ancient Greek ὄνυχο- onycho- comb. form + Hellenistic Greek ‑μαντεία ‑mancy comb. form. Compare Spanish onicomancia (1545). Compare…    Either < post-classical Latin onychomantia (1544 in G. Cardano Sapientia) or < its elements ancient Greek ὄνυχο- onycho- comb. form + Hellenistic Greek ‑μαντεία ‑mancy comb. form. Compare Spanish onicomancia (1545). Compare earlier onymancy n. Meaning & use Contents rare before 20th cent. - 1652–Divination from the fingernails. - 1652Onychomancy, [divining] by the nayles. J. Gaule, Πῦς-μαντία [Pys-mantia]: The Mag-Astro-Mancer, or The Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner Posed, and Puzzled 165 - 1728Onycomancy, or as some have it, Onymancy, a kind of Divination by means of the Nails of the Fingers. E. Chambers, Cyclopædia - 1855Chiromancers give the name of Onycomancy, likewise, to the inspection of the natural signs in the nails. E. Smedley et al., The Occult Sciences: Sketches of the Traditions and Superstitions of Past Times, and the Marvels of the Present Day 324 - 1903The Greeks..[practised] onychomancy, in which a boy's nails covered with soot and oil were turned to the sun, the reflection of whose rays produced images supposed to represent certain things. F. W. H. Myers, Human Personality & its Survival of Bodily Death 574 - a1933We wonder that a credulous age has not made more of onychomancy or nail-divination! J. A. Thomson, Biology for Everyman (1934) vol. I. xv. 410 - 1986Other well known forms of divination include Tarot and I Ching but more obscure forms are practised, too. These include..onychomancy. M. Stott, Spilling Beans 110 - 2000People have been making predictions about the year 2000 for centuries. They have employed..such techniques as splanchomancy (reading entrails); onychomancy (interpreting fingernails); [etc.]. Wall Street Journal 1 January 5/1 - onymancy1615–= onychomancy, n. - onychomancy1652–Divination from the fingernails. Pronunciation British English /ˈɒnᵻkə(ʊ)ˌman(t)si/ ON-uh-koh-man-see U.S. English /ˈɑnəkəˌmæn(t)si/ AH-nuh-kuh-man-see Consonants - ppea - ttea - kkey - bbuy - ddye - ɡguy - tʃchore - dʒjay - ffore - θthaw - ssore - ʃshore - vvee - ðthee - zzee - ʒbeige - xloch - hhay - llay - ɬrhingyll - rray - wway - jyore - mmay - nnay - ŋsing Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛtl/ but <petally> /ˈpɛtl̩i/. Vowels - iːfleece - ihappy - ɪkit - ɛdress - atrap, bath - ɑːstart, palm, bath - ɒlot - ɔːthought, force - ʌstrut - ʊfoot - uːgoose - əletter - əːnurse - ɪənear - ɛːsquare - ʊəcure - eɪface - ʌɪpride - aʊmouth - əʊgoat - ɔɪvoice - ãgratin - ɒ̃salon - ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/) - ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/) Other symbols - The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress. - The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress. - Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional. View the pronunciation model here. Consonants - ppea - ttea - kkey - bbuy - ddye* - ɡguy - tʃchore - dʒjay - ffore - θthaw - ssore - ʃshore - vvee - ðthee - zzee - ʒbeige - xloch - hhay - llay - rray - wway - jyore - mmay - nnay - ŋsing * /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in <bitter> Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence <petal> /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but <petally> /ˈpɛdl̩i/. Vowels - ifleece, happy - ɪkit - ɛdress - ætrap, bath - ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought - ɑrstart - ɔcloth, thought - ɔrnorth, force - ʊfoot - ugoose - əstrut, comma - ərnurse, letter - ɪ(ə)rnear - ɛ(ə)rsquare - ʊ(ə)rcure - eɪface - aɪpride - aʊmouth - oʊgoat - ɔɪvoice - ɑ̃salon - æ̃parfum - ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/) - ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/) Other symbols - The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress. - The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress. - Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional. View the pronunciation model here. Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell. Consonants b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values - gguy - jjay - yyore - chchore - khloch - shshore - ththaw - dhthee - zhbeige Vowels - atrap - ahpalm - airsquare - arstart - arrcarry (British only) - awthought - ayface - a(ng)gratin - edress - eefleece - eerdeer - errmerry - ikit - ighpride - irrmirror - olot (British only) - ohgoat - oogoose - oorcure - orforce - orrsorry (British only) - owmouth - oyvoice - o(ng)salon - ustrut - uhletter - urnurse - urrhurry - uufoot Forms Variant forms - 1600s; 1800s–onychomancy - 1700s–1800sonycomancy Frequency onychomancy typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate. Frequency of onychomancy, n., 1810–2010 * Occurrences per million words in written English Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010. The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations. For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies. Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus. Entry history for onychomancy, n. onychomancy, n. was revised in June 2004. onychomancy, n. was last modified in December 2025. Revision of the OED is a long-term project, and oed.com is a living text, updated every three months. Modifications may include: - corrections and revisions to definitions, especially to improve clarity, accuracy, or intelligibility; - new or updated quotation evidence, and reverified or redated bibliographical information; - new or updated pronunciations (transcriptions and audio files); - new or revised etymological information and improved coverage of variant spellings; - new senses or phrases added in print and online updates since OED2 (1989). Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into onychomancy, n. in December 2025. Earlier versions of this entry were published in: OED First Edition (1903) OED Second Edition (1989) Cite Permanent link: Chicago 18 Oxford English Dictionary, “,” , . Copied to clipboard MLA 9 “” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, , . Copied to clipboard APA 7 Oxford University Press. (n.d.). In Oxford English dictionary. Retrieved , from Copied to clipboard Contribute Citation details Factsheet for onychomancy, n. Browse entry Nearby entries - onwil, adj. (& n.)Old English–1250 - onwriting, n.Old English–1557 - onycha, n.a1382– - onychia, n.1814– - onychine, adj. & n.a1382–1681 - onychinus, n.Old English–1750 - onychite, n.1651– - onychites, n.1569–1877 - onycho-, comb. form - onychogryphosis, n.1833– - onychomancy, n.1652– - onychomycosis, n.1865– - onychopathic, adj.1890 - onychopathy, n.1949– - onychophagia, n.1894– - onychophagist, n.1834– - onychophagy, n.1898– - onychophoran, n. & adj.1890– - onychophorous, adj.1857–90 - onycle, n.c1300–1549 - onym, n.1884