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numerology - 3 dictionary results

nu⋅mer⋅ol⋅o⋅gy

[noo-muh-rol-uh-jee, nyoo-]
–noun
the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.

Origin:
1910–15; < L numer(us) number + -o- + -logy


nu⋅mer⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal [noo-mer-uh-loj-i-kuhl, nyoo-] , adjective
nu⋅mer⋅ol⋅o⋅gist, noun
nu·mer·ol·o·gy   (nōō'mə-rŏl'ə-jē, nyōō'-)   
n.  The study of the occult meanings of numbers and their supposed influence on human life.

[Latin numerus, number; see number + -logy.]
nu'mer·o·log'i·cal (-mər-ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., nu'mer·ol'o·gist n.

numerology 
1911, "study of the occult meaning of numbers," a hybrid from L. numerus "number" + Gk. -logia, from logos "one who speaks (of a certain topic)." A correct formation would be arithmology, from Gk. arithmos "number."
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