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Word: Planchette
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French, literally ‘small plank’, diminutive of planche. The French word was earlier borrowed into Middle English in the sense ‘small plank’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
plɑːnˈʃɛt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
plɒ̃ˈʃɛt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small board supported on castors, typically heart-shaped and fitted with a vertical pencil, used for automatic writing and in seances
Short Definition:small board used in seances
Examples:- the planchette jerked and skittered to the upper left-hand corner of the paper
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