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单词 pseudomancy
释义 pseudomancy|ps-, ˈsjuːdəʊmænsɪ|
[ad. med.L. pseudomantīa, a. Chr. Gr. ψευδοµαντεία (Cyril), f. ψευδο- pseudo- + µαντεία divination: see -mancy.]
False or pretended divination. So pseudoˈmantic a., of or pertaining to pseudomancy; pseudoˈmantis [a. Gr. ψευδόµαντις], pseudoˈmantist, a false prophet or diviner.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 371 Alexander, a pseudomantist,..rotted loathsomely, and so died, miserably eaten up of worms.1656Blount Glossogr., Pseudomancy, a false or counterfeit Divination.1894N. & Q. 8th Ser. VI. 358/2 The same..wonderfully pseudomantic remark.1901D. Smith in Expositor Aug. 145 A vulgar charlatan, strikingly like the pseudomantis, Alexander of Abonoteichos.1902Q. Rev. Oct. 596 Every kind of pseudo-mantic literature was to be rooted out.
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