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deuteroscopy

deuteroscopy noun: that which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense, ulterior signification.

Noun

deuteroscopy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense, ulterior signification.
    • For not attaining the deuteroscopy, and second intention of the words, they are fain to omit their superconsequencies, coherencies, figures, or tropologies; and are not sometime perswaded by fire beyond their literalities.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 3, p. 7
  2. Second sight.
    • I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye […]1822, The Fortunes of Nigel, Walter Scott, Introductory Epistle

Origin of deuteroscopy

From deutero- + -scopy.

Questions about deuteroscopy

What does deuteroscopy mean?
Deuteroscopy means that which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense, ulterior signification.
What part of speech is deuteroscopy?
Deuteroscopy is a noun.

Words near deuteroscopy in the dictionary

  1. deuteroporphyrin
  2. deuteroporphyrins
  3. deuteroreduce
  4. deuteroreduced
  5. deuteroreduction
  6. deuteroscopy
  7. deuterosome
  8. deuterosomes
  9. deuterostome
  10. deuterostomes
  11. deuterostomian

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