Relating to divination; prophetic.

A soothsayer, a seer.

Forms adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy.

plural of manticism

The practice of divination.

plural of mantic

(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

plural of manticore

Alternative form of manticore / Any of various predatory beetles of genus Manticora

plural of manticora