Definition of "geomancy" in English

noun

1. A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed.

   • 1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Hard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come...

2. feng shui; Chinese geomancy.