coscinomancy
coscinomancy noun: divination by the use of a suspended sieve sometimes from tongs or shears. The movement of the sieve when a person's name or word is spoken is interpreted.
Noun
coscinomancy (uncountable)
- Divination by the use of a suspended sieve sometimes from tongs or shears. The movement of the sieve when a person's name or word is spoken is interpreted.
- And as for Hydromancie, and Choschinomancie, they could vanish as superfluous, as were evident and ridiculous even to the ignorant.1603 Christopher Heydon A Defence of Ivdiciall Astrolgie
- By Coscinomancy, most religiously observed of old, amidst the Ceremonies of the ancient Romans. Let us have a Sieve and Shiers, and thou shalt see Devils.1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv.
Forms of coscinomancy
| alternative form | choschinomancy |
|---|---|
| alternative form | choschinomancie |
| alternative form | coskinomancy |
| alternative form | koskinomancy |
| alternative form | cosinomancy |
| alternative form | coskiomancy |
| alternative form | cosnomancy |
| alternative form | coskniomancy |
| alternative form | coseinomancy |
Origin of coscinomancy
Ancient Greek koskinomantis, "a diviner using a sieve", from koskinon, "a sieve".
Questions about coscinomancy
- What does coscinomancy mean?
- Coscinomancy means divination by the use of a suspended sieve sometimes from tongs or shears. The movement of the sieve when a person's name or word is spoken is interpreted.
- What part of speech is coscinomancy?
- Coscinomancy is a noun.
Words near coscinomancy in the dictionary
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