# Necronomicon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌnɛkɹəˈnɒmɪkən/ · frequency rank #78,859

## Definitions
1. A fictional grimoire of arcane and forbidden knowledge whose contents can drive a person mad.

## Etymology
Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, derived from νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + εἰκών (eikṓn, “image”), literally “an image of the law of the dead”. Coined by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. By surface analysis, necro- + -nomicon.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/necronomicon