单词 | chaomancy |
释义 | chaomancyn. Now historical. Divination through the interpretation of the air, weather, or other atmospheric phenomenon. ΚΠ 1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things 144 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie Chaomancy shews its signes by the stars of the Aire, and Wind, by the discolouring, destroying of all tender, and subtill things, to which the Wind is an enemie, by bearing off the flowers, leaves, boughes, and branches. 1858 Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 427/1 Paracelsus believed in Pyromancy, or divination by fire; Hydromancy, or that by water; and Chaomancy, or divination by wind and air. 1907 M. Brennan Reminisc. Gold Fields vi. 127 I tell not fortunes by oracles, which your learned men call Theomancy; nor by..shadows in the air, called Chaomancy. 2004 R. Buckland Fortune-telling Bk. 110 Chaomancy includes lightning but deals with any and all variations of the air, such as changes in wind direction, force and intensity, squalls, tornadoes, and dust devils. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650 |
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