aeromancy

See also: aëromancy

English

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Etymology

From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia.[1] By surface analysis, aero- +‎ -mancy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/

Noun

aeromancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
    • "heromancy" -- OED, 1546
      "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620
    • "Have you a mind, quoth Her Trippa, to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..aeromancy, whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation..?" -- Works of Rabelais III, 1951

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References

  1. ^ “aeromancy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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