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arithmancy

[ ar-ith-man-see ]

noun

  1. divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of arithmancy1

First recorded in 1570鈥80; from New Latin arithmomantia, from Greek 补谤颈迟丑尘贸(蝉) 鈥渘umber, a number鈥 + 尘补苍迟别铆补 -mancy
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Hermione was immediately cleared to continue with Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Herbology, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and Potions, and shot off to a first-period Ancient Runes class without further ado.

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After break, she went off to Arithmancy while Harry and Ron returned to the common room, where they grudgingly started Snape鈥檚 homework.

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A few days before the match against Ravenclaw, Harry found himself walking down to dinner alone from the common room, Ron having rushed off into a nearby bathroom to throw up yet again, and Hermione having dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last Arithmancy essay.

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She hitched up the long roll of parchment on which she was writing her Arithmancy essay and continued to scratch away with her quill.

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鈥淪he hasn鈥檛 been to an Arithmancy class yet.鈥

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