aeromancy
See also: aëromancy
English
editAlternative forms
edit- aeromancie, æromancy, aëromancy, aeromanty, eromancy, heromancy (Early Modern)
- Forms containing "ë" are now obsolete.
Etymology
editFrom aero- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros, “air”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaeromancy (uncountable)
- 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
- "heromancy" -- OED, 1546
Related terms
editTranslations
editdivination by use of atmospheric conditions
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