anthropomancyn.

Brit.

/ˈanθrəpəˌmansi/, U.S.

/ˈænθrəpəˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s anthropomancie, 1600s– anthropomancy.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French anthropomancie; Latin anthropomantia.

Etymology: < (i) French anthropomancie (1546 in Middle French as antropomantie ; 1611 in Cotgrave as †anthropomantie ), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin anthropomantia (1544 as antropomantia ) < anthropo- anthropo- comb. form + -mantia -mancy comb. form.Cotgrave (1611) defines the French word as ‘divination by the raising of dead men’.

Divination by the inspection of human entrails, esp. those of a human sacrifice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > pretended divination by the entrails of people

anthropomancy1618

1618 B. Holyday Τεχνογαμια ii. iii. sig. G^v Then are there diuers kinds of your Magicke, as Necromancie, Anthropomancie, Gastromancie, Cheiromancie, Coscinomancy.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 209 Anthropomancy [Fr. Antropomantie], practised by the Roman Emperor Heliagobulus.

1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. I. 254/2 Anthropomancy..is a Method of Divination performed by inspecting the Viscera of a Person deceased.

1840 S. Morgan Woman & her Master iii. i. 271 From the disgusting scenes of Anthropomancy (practised before the age of Homer) succeeded divinations of a less brutalizing character.

1915 Athenæum 6. Nov. 324/2 It was not, perhaps, necessary for the magician to be consciously ‘black’ even for him to practise anthropomancy.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 13/2 Anthropomancy was also practised in ancient Egypt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anthropomancy
释义	anthropomancyn. Brit. /ˈanθrəpəˌmansi/, U.S. /ˈænθrəpəˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s anthropomancie, 1600s– anthropomancy. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French anthropomancie; Latin anthropomantia. Etymology: < (i) French anthropomancie (1546 in Middle French as antropomantie ; 1611 in Cotgrave as †anthropomantie ), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin anthropomantia (1544 as antropomantia ) < anthropo- anthropo- comb. form + -mantia -mancy comb. form.Cotgrave (1611) defines the French word as ‘divination by the raising of dead men’. Divination by the inspection of human entrails, esp. those of a human sacrifice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [noun] > pretended divination by the entrails of people anthropomancy1618 1618 B. Holyday Τεχνογαμια ii. iii. sig. G^v Then are there diuers kinds of your Magicke, as Necromancie, Anthropomancie, Gastromancie, Cheiromancie, Coscinomancy. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 209 Anthropomancy [Fr. Antropomantie], practised by the Roman Emperor Heliagobulus. 1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. I. 254/2 Anthropomancy..is a Method of Divination performed by inspecting the Viscera of a Person deceased. 1840 S. Morgan Woman & her Master iii. i. 271 From the disgusting scenes of Anthropomancy (practised before the age of Homer) succeeded divinations of a less brutalizing character. 1915 Athenæum 6. Nov. 324/2 It was not, perhaps, necessary for the magician to be consciously ‘black’ even for him to practise anthropomancy. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 13/2 Anthropomancy was also practised in ancient Egypt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1618
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