of, or having powers of, divination; prophetic
Origin of mantic
Classical Greek mantikos from mantis, seer, soothsayer: see mantismantic
man·tic-mantic
of or relating to divination
Origin of -mantic
from Classical Greek mantikos: see manticWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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mantic
adjective
Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.
Origin of mantic
Greek mantikos from mantis seer ; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- man′tic·al·ly
adverb
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Origin
Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikos), from μάντις (mantis, “seer, soothsayer"), from μαίνομαι (mainomai, “I am mad, raving").
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