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单词 catoptromancy
释义 catoptromancy|kæˈtɒptrəˌmænsɪ|
[f. Gr. κάτοπτρον mirror + µαντεία divination; see -mancy.]
Divination by means of a mirror.
1613Purchas Pilgr. I. iv. v. 310 Catoptromancie received those resemblances in cleare glasses.a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv. 207 Catoptromancy..held in such account by the Emperor Didius Julianus.1758Ann. Reg., Charac. 275/2 He..understands all the mysteries of..catoptromanchy, he having a magical glass to be consulted upon some extraordinary occasions.1855Smedley Occult. Sci. 321 Catoptromancy, a species of divination by the mirror.
Hence catoptroˈmantic a.
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