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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARTOMANCY

Car "to *man `cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy.]

Defn: The act of telling fortunes with cards.

New American Oxford Dictionary

cartomancy

car to man cy |ˈkärtəˌmansē ˈkɑrdəmæntsi | ▶noun fortune-telling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French cartomancie, from carte ‘card ’ + -mancie (see -mancy ).

Oxford Dictionary

cartomancy

cartomancy |ˈkɑːtə (ʊ )ˌmansi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] fortune telling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards. DERIVATIVES cartomancer noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French cartomancie, from carte ‘card ’ + -mancie (see -mancy ).