单词 | augurism |
释义 | augurismn. Now somewhat rare. Augury, divination; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1584 |
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