aeromancy
/ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/
aeromancy noun: divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
Noun
aeromancy (uncountable)
- Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
- "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620"heromancy" -- OED, 1546
- Have you a mind (quoth Her Trippa) to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by Pyromancy, by Aeromancy, (whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation) by Hydromancy, by Leconomancy, of old in prime request amongst the Assyrians, and throughly tried...1900 [1693], François Rabelais, chapter XXV, in Thomas Urquhart, Peter le Motteux, transl., Gargantua and Pantagruel, page 133
Forms of aeromancy
| alternative Early Modern | aeromancie |
|---|---|
| alternative Early Modern | æromancy |
| alternative Early Modern | aëromancy |
| alternative Early Modern | aeromanty |
| alternative Early Modern | eromancy |
| alternative Early Modern | heromancy |
Origin of aeromancy
From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy.
Words formed from aeromancy
Questions about aeromancy
- What does aeromancy mean?
- Aeromancy means divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
- What part of speech is aeromancy?
- Aeromancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aeromancy?
- Aeromancy is pronounced /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/.
Words near aeromancy in the dictionary
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