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单词 augurism
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augurismn.

Brit. /ˈɔːɡərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɔɡəˌrɪz(ə)m/, /ˈɑɡəˌrɪz(ə)m/
Forms: 1500s–1600s augurisme, 1600s 1800s– augurism.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augur n.1, -ism suffix.
Etymology: < augur n.1 + -ism suffix. Compare earlier augury n.
Now somewhat rare.
Augury, divination; an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun]
whatec1000
conjecturec1384
conjecturingc1384
augurya1413
augurationc1450
augurism1584
halsening1587
auguring1614
augurizing1652
conjectation1652
teratoscopy1665
prognostication1688
1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx xlix. sig. S4v As a Sipher in Augurisme, shee might come to him vnregarded.
1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie sig. L If Augurisme be authenticall..it cannot bee but such a shaddowe portends the issue of a substaunce.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 88 Then did the Priest..deuide the intrals, that so he might make his augurisme.
a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) iii. 34 There shall no Augurisme fright my plaine Dealing.
1681 Let. Answer to Friend 1 The Event had almost justified the Augurism.
1842 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 24 Dec. 151/2 Tarquin, however, seems at length to have exchanged his faith in augurism for a faith in purple and fine linen.
1967 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 71 384/2 The religious use of Augurism, which needed a wide open space for observations of the sky and the surrounding ground.
2003 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 11 Apr. r13 She described ecstatic events and augurisms..as if such occurrences were as routine as the weather.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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