alectryomancyn.

Brit.

/əˈlɛktrɪəˌmansi/, U.S.

/əˈlɛktriəˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s alectriomancy, 1600s– alectryomancy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alectryomantia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alectryomantia (1569 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών cock (see alectryon n.) + post-classical Latin -mantia -mancy comb. form. Compare Middle French, French †alectryomantie (1546 in Rabelais; in later use in form alectryomancie (1751)). Compare slightly earlier alectromancy n.Compare the following earlier occurrence of post-classical Latin alectryomantia in an English context:1590 H. Holland Short Disc. Witchcraft & Sorcerie ii. 12 in Treat. against Witchcraft This old serpent [sc. Satan] is most strong also in respect of his knowledge as for his arts..as these which follow, Pyromantiam, aeromantiam,..alectryomantiam.

Divination using a cock, typically by interpreting patterns in its pecking at grains of corn. Cf. alectromancy 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

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Alectryomancy, a certain kinde of divination among the ancients, which was done by a Cock.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. xxv. 209 Thou art destinated to be a Cuckold: By a Sybilline Stichomancy..or yet by Alectryomancy [Fr. Alectryomantie].

1788 H. Clarke School Candidates iv. 30 The subjects treated of are—the Assyrian Hydromancy,—Aristophanes' Aeromancy,—..and the Circular Alectryomancy.

1854 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 388/1 During the reign of the Emperor Valens, some persons at Constantinople used alectryomancy to discover who should succeed in the empire.

1895 Pall Mall Mag. May 70/2 The book of Job has a current running through it of astrology, magic, alectryomancy..and chiromancy.

1938 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 7 Oct. 4/8 I'll flip a coin, read my trusty ouija board, resort to alectryomancy, or use some other form of divination.

1999 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 July 18 In hunting your horoscope for this week, Taurus, I first tried alectryomancy.

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

单词	alectryomancy
释义	alectryomancyn. Brit. /əˈlɛktrɪəˌmansi/, U.S. /əˈlɛktriəˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s alectriomancy, 1600s– alectryomancy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alectryomantia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alectryomantia (1569 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών cock (see alectryon n.) + post-classical Latin -mantia -mancy comb. form. Compare Middle French, French †alectryomantie (1546 in Rabelais; in later use in form alectryomancie (1751)). Compare slightly earlier alectromancy n.Compare the following earlier occurrence of post-classical Latin alectryomantia in an English context:1590 H. Holland Short Disc. Witchcraft & Sorcerie ii. 12 in Treat. against Witchcraft This old serpent [sc. Satan] is most strong also in respect of his knowledge as for his arts..as these which follow, Pyromantiam, aeromantiam,..alectryomantiam. Divination using a cock, typically by interpreting patterns in its pecking at grains of corn. Cf. alectromancy 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 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Alectryomancy, a certain kinde of divination among the ancients, which was done by a Cock. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. xxv. 209 Thou art destinated to be a Cuckold: By a Sybilline Stichomancy..or yet by Alectryomancy [Fr. Alectryomantie]. 1788 H. Clarke School Candidates iv. 30 The subjects treated of are—the Assyrian Hydromancy,—Aristophanes' Aeromancy,—..and the Circular Alectryomancy. 1854 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 388/1 During the reign of the Emperor Valens, some persons at Constantinople used alectryomancy to discover who should succeed in the empire. 1895 Pall Mall Mag. May 70/2 The book of Job has a current running through it of astrology, magic, alectryomancy..and chiromancy. 1938 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 7 Oct. 4/8 I'll flip a coin, read my trusty ouija board, resort to alectryomancy, or use some other form of divination. 1999 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 July 18 In hunting your horoscope for this week, Taurus, I first tried alectryomancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1658
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