# stichomancy

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.

## Etymology
From sticho- + -mancy. First used to translate French stichomantie in Rabelais.

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