单词 | horoscopy |
释义 | horoscopyn. a. The casting of horoscopes. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] > casting of figure-casting1600 erection1612 figure-flinginga1625 apotelesm1651 horoscopy1664 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 146 He had been long t'wards Mathematicks..Magick, Horoscopie, Astrologie, And was old Dog at Physiologie. 1823 C. Lamb New Year's Eve in Elia Good Days, bad Days, were so shuffled together, to the confounding of all sober horoscopy. b. The aspect of the heavens at a given moment, esp. at that of nativity. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [noun] > at nativity constellationc1320 sideration1590 horoscopy1651 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 56 Sometimes in the aspect of the Starres at their Nativity; which was called Horoscopy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1651 |
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