gastromancyn.

/ˈɡastrəʊmansi/

Etymology: < Greek γαστρ(ο)-, γαστήρ belly + μαντεία divination (Greek had γαστρομαντεύεσθαι ‘to divine by the belly’).

Obsolete exc. Historical.

Divination by the belly.

1. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Hydromancy..done..in a glasse bottle full of water, wherein a Childe must looke, (and this is called, Gastromancy of the glasses belly).

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 366 Gastromancie procured answere by pictures, or representations in glasse-vessels of water, after the due Rites.

2. (See quot. 1652.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by personal appearance > [noun] > by the belly

gastromancy1652

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Gastromancy, [divining] by the sound of, or signes upon the belly.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 Gastromancy, which kind of ventral Fatiloquency was for a long time together used in Ferrara.

a1836 E. Smedley Occult Sci. in Encycl. Metrop. (1855) 323 Gastromancy or divination from the belly, is now generally explained by ventriloquism.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	gastromancy
释义	gastromancyn. /ˈɡastrəʊmansi/ Etymology: < Greek γαστρ(ο)-, γαστήρ belly + μαντεία divination (Greek had γαστρομαντεύεσθαι ‘to divine by the belly’). Obsolete exc. Historical. Divination by the belly. 1. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Hydromancy..done..in a glasse bottle full of water, wherein a Childe must looke, (and this is called, Gastromancy of the glasses belly). 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 366 Gastromancie procured answere by pictures, or representations in glasse-vessels of water, after the due Rites. 2. (See quot. 1652.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by personal appearance > [noun] > by the belly gastromancy1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Gastromancy, [divining] by the sound of, or signes upon the belly. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 Gastromancy, which kind of ventral Fatiloquency was for a long time together used in Ferrara. a1836 E. Smedley Occult Sci. in Encycl. Metrop. (1855) 323 Gastromancy or divination from the belly, is now generally explained by ventriloquism.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1610
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