geomanticaladj.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈmantɪkl/, U.S. /ˌdʒiəˈmæn(t)ɪk(ə)l/ = geomantic adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [adjective] > relating to geomancy
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. f. 25v The Geomantical Diuination [L. geomanticam diuinationem].
1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 21 Bladud found the hote Bathes in this Iland by his Geomanticall and Hydromanticall skill and subtiltie.
a1681 W. Lilly Catastrophe Mundi (1683) 4 A Third sort is a Geomantical or Terrestrial Divination, in which from certain voluntary Pricks or Points made by the hand at Adventure, certain Figures are raised.
1856 H. Morley Life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa I. ix. 183 The next chapter is on characters, deduced out of geomantical figures from the true characters of the heavens.
1889 Sat. Rev. 16 Feb. 175/1 No one can geomance successfully who has not plenty of faith and geomantical aptitude.
1913 M. W. De Visser Dragon in China & Japan i. ii. 59 The so-called fung-shui..is a geomantical system, prevalent throughout China from olden times down to the present age.
2001 L. Kassell in W. R. Newman & A. Grafton Secrets Nature vii. 372 He calculated an astrological, or on occasion a geomantical, figure for the time at which he was consulted.
Derivatives
geoˈmantically adv.
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Geomantically, according to the geomantic art.
1899 Missionary Herald (Boston) July 276 The presiding star over the city is Venus, and geomantically considered the situation is perfect.
1998 E. Davis TechGnosis (1999) ii. 54 The rods and pendulums that dowsers still use to..geomantically read the invisible information of the landscape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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