coscinomancyn.

/ˈkɒsɪnəʊˌmansi/

Forms: Also 1600s choschino-, cosino-, 1600s–1700s coskino-, 1800s koskino-.

Etymology: < medieval Latin coscinomantia, < Greek κοσκινόμαντις , < κόσκινον sieve: see -mancy comb. form.

Divination by the turning of a sieve (held on a pair of shears, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > sieve

coscinomancy1603

riddle-turning1709

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xvii. 356 Comparing Astrologie with Aruspicie, Hydromancie, Chiromancie, Choschinomancie, and such like.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. ii. 109 Coskinomancy or finding who stole or spoiled this or that thing, by the Sieve and Sheares.

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1870) III. 301–2.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 116 The so-called coscinomancy, or, as it is described in Hudibras, ‘th' oracle of sieve and shears’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	coscinomancy
释义	coscinomancyn. /ˈkɒsɪnəʊˌmansi/ Forms: Also 1600s choschino-, cosino-, 1600s–1700s coskino-, 1800s koskino-. Etymology: < medieval Latin coscinomantia, < Greek κοσκινόμαντις , < κόσκινον sieve: see -mancy comb. form. Divination by the turning of a sieve (held on a pair of shears, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > sieve coscinomancy1603 riddle-turning1709 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xvii. 356 Comparing Astrologie with Aruspicie, Hydromancie, Chiromancie, Choschinomancie, and such like. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. ii. 109 Coskinomancy or finding who stole or spoiled this or that thing, by the Sieve and Sheares. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1870) III. 301–2. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 116 The so-called coscinomancy, or, as it is described in Hudibras, ‘th' oracle of sieve and shears’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1603
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