单词 | lithomancy |
释义 | lithomancyn. Divination by signs derived from stones. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by stones lithomancy1646 psephomancy1727 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 75 The Lithomancy or divination from this stone, whereby..Helenus the Prophet foretold the destruction of Troy. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lithomancy, divination by casting Pibble stones, or by the Load-stone. 1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 444 Lithomancy, divination with a precious stone called siderites. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1646 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。