gyromancyn.

/ˈdʒʌɪərəmansi/

Etymology: < medieval Latin *gȳromantīa, < Greek γῦρος circle, circuit + μαντεία divination. Compare French gyromancie (Rabelais giromantie).

A mode of divination said to have been practised by walking in a circle till the person fell down from dizziness, the inferences being drawn from the place in the circle at which he fell.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by body parts or functions > [noun] > by walking > in a circle

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1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 5^v All the kyndes of gyromancye, and chiromancye.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 Have you a mind..to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..Giromancy, if thou shouldst turn round Circles, thou mightest assure thy self from me, that they would fall always on the wrong side.

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 334 Gyromancy was performed by going round continually in a circle, the circumference of which was marked by letters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	gyromancy
释义	gyromancyn. /ˈdʒʌɪərəmansi/ Etymology: < medieval Latin gȳromantīa, < Greek γῦρος* circle, circuit + μαντεία divination. Compare French gyromancie (Rabelais giromantie). A mode of divination said to have been practised by walking in a circle till the person fell down from dizziness, the inferences being drawn from the place in the circle at which he fell. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by body parts or functions > [noun] > by walking > in a circle gyromancy1557 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 5^v All the kyndes of gyromancye, and chiromancye. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 Have you a mind..to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..Giromancy, if thou shouldst turn round Circles, thou mightest assure thy self from me, that they would fall always on the wrong side. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 334 Gyromancy was performed by going round continually in a circle, the circumference of which was marked by letters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1557
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