释义 |
ceromancy|ˈsɪərəmænsɪ| [a. F. céromancie, med.L. cēromantia, f. Gr. κηρός wax + µαντεία divination.] Divination from the figures produced by dropping melted wax into water.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165–6. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Ceromanty, divination or sooth-saying by wax put into water. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv, By ceromancy, where, by the means of wax dissolved into water, thou shalt see the..lively representation of thy future wife. |