| 单词 | almanac-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalmanac-maker almanac-maker n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > one who makes almanacs almanac-maker1596 prognosticator1601 almanac man1631 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L3v What, a graue Doctor, a base Iohn Doleta the Almanack-maker, Doctor Deuse-ace and Doctor Mery-man? 1708 J. Swift Predict. for 1708 3 The Almanack-maker has the liberty of chusing the sickliest Season of the Year. 1850 Mechanics' Mag. 16 Feb. 125/1 The publication..must be particularly beneficial to the whole host of almanack makers who treat on astronomical subjects. 2005 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 23 Dec. 9 I appear to have been slightly amiss with some of my prognostications but, in the great tradition of almanac-makers, I am not going to let that stop me. < as lemmas |
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