alectromancyn.

Brit.

/əˈlɛktrəmansi/, U.S.

/əˈlɛktroʊˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s alectromancie, 1600s– alectromancy, 1700s alectromanchy, 1700s– alectoromancy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alectromantia; Latin alectoromantia.

Etymology: Partly (i) < post-classical Latin alectromantia (15th cent.) < ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ cock (see alectory n.) + post-classical Latin -mantia -mancy comb. form; and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin alectoromantia (1567 or earlier) < Byzantine Greek ἀλεκτορομαντεία < Hellenistic Greek ἀλεκτορο- , combining form (in e.g. ἀλεκτοροϕωνία cockcrow) of ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ + -μαντεία -mancy comb. form. Compare French †alectoromantie (1721), †alectoromancie (1797), Spanish †aletromancia (1592). Compare slightly later alectryomancy n.

= alectryomancy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun]

augurya1413

augurationc1450

ornomancyc1500

auspice1533

auspicy1603

alectromancy1652

ornithomancy1652

alectryomancy1658

bird-divination1670

orneoscopics1727

orniscopics1775

ornithoscopy1840

orniscopy1890

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Alectromancy, [divining] by Cooks or Pullen.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 275/2 The mysteries of chyromanchy, alectromanchy and catoptromanchy.

1833 R. Pinkerton Russia ix. 204 They take a sitting hen..and, laying a certain number of grains of wheat..before her, divine their fortunes thereby. What is this, but the alectoromancy of the ancient Greeks?

1890 Bizarre Notes & Queries Feb. 35 The two middle verses..are repeated in practicing Alectromancy.

1948 W. Howells Heathens v. 72 Naval doctrine apparently prescribed this chicken feeding (called alectoromancy by savants) as part of the business of arriving at a sound military decision.

2009 Phoenix (Arizona) New Times (Nexis) 7 May A model representing Winchester stands before the remains of her house... In her arms is a rooster representing alectromancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alectromancy
释义	alectromancyn. Brit. /əˈlɛktrəmansi/, U.S. /əˈlɛktroʊˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s alectromancie, 1600s– alectromancy, 1700s alectromanchy, 1700s– alectoromancy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alectromantia; Latin alectoromantia. Etymology: Partly (i) < post-classical Latin alectromantia (15th cent.) < ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ cock (see alectory n.) + post-classical Latin -mantia -mancy comb. form; and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin alectoromantia (1567 or earlier) < Byzantine Greek ἀλεκτορομαντεία < Hellenistic Greek ἀλεκτορο- , combining form (in e.g. ἀλεκτοροϕωνία cockcrow) of ancient Greek ἀλέκτωρ + -μαντεία -mancy comb. form. Compare French †alectoromantie (1721), †alectoromancie (1797), Spanish †aletromancia (1592). Compare slightly later alectryomancy n. = alectryomancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] augurya1413 augurationc1450 ornomancyc1500 auspice1533 auspicy1603 alectromancy1652 ornithomancy1652 alectryomancy1658 bird-divination1670 orneoscopics1727 orniscopics1775 ornithoscopy1840 orniscopy1890 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Alectromancy, [divining] by Cooks or Pullen. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 275/2 The mysteries of chyromanchy, alectromanchy and catoptromanchy. 1833 R. Pinkerton Russia ix. 204 They take a sitting hen..and, laying a certain number of grains of wheat..before her, divine their fortunes thereby. What is this, but the alectoromancy of the ancient Greeks? 1890 Bizarre Notes & Queries Feb. 35 The two middle verses..are repeated in practicing Alectromancy. 1948 W. Howells Heathens v. 72 Naval doctrine apparently prescribed this chicken feeding (called alectoromancy by savants) as part of the business of arriving at a sound military decision. 2009 Phoenix (Arizona) New Times (Nexis) 7 May A model representing Winchester stands before the remains of her house... In her arms is a rooster representing alectromancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652
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