lecanomancyn.

/ˈlɛkənəʊmansi/

Forms: Also 1600s lican-, lecon-.

Etymology: < Greek λεκανομαντεία, < λεκάνη dish, pan, pot ( < λέκος of the same meaning) + μαντεία divination. Compare French leconomantie (Rabelais).

Divination by the inspection of water in a basin.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > water in a basin

lecanomancy1610

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Hydromancy..done..in a basen of water, which is called Lecanomancie.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 366 They had also their Lecanomancie, which was observed in a Bason of Water, wherein certaine plates of golde and silver were put with Iewels, marked with their jugling Characters.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Licanomancy.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 207 By Hydromancy, by Leconomancy.

1783 T. Wilson Archæol. Dict. Lecanomancy.

Derivatives

† lecanomancer n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Lecanomancer, a diviner by water in a bason.

† lecanomantic n. Obsolete rare one who practises lecanomancy.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Leconomanticke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	lecanomancy
释义	lecanomancyn. /ˈlɛkənəʊmansi/ Forms: Also 1600s lican-, lecon-. Etymology: < Greek λεκανομαντεία, < λεκάνη dish, pan, pot ( < λέκος of the same meaning) + μαντεία divination. Compare French leconomantie (Rabelais). Divination by the inspection of water in a basin. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > water in a basin lecanomancy1610 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Hydromancy..done..in a basen of water, which is called Lecanomancie. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 366 They had also their Lecanomancie, which was observed in a Bason of Water, wherein certaine plates of golde and silver were put with Iewels, marked with their jugling Characters. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Licanomancy. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 207 By Hydromancy, by Leconomancy. 1783 T. Wilson Archæol. Dict. Lecanomancy. Derivatives † lecanomancer n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Lecanomancer, a diviner by water in a bason. † lecanomantic n. Obsolete rare one who practises lecanomancy.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Leconomanticke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1610
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