Obs. Also 7 -manty, sico-. [f. Gr. σῦκον fig + μαντεία divination: see -MANCY.] Divination by means of figs or fig-leaves.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., xix. 166. Sycomancy, [divining] by Figgs.
a. 1693. Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. xxv. 209. By Sicomancy; O Divine Art in Fig-tree Leaves!
[1895. Elworthy, Evil Eye, 445. Conjuring with fig leaves was called sycomancy.]
