axinomancyn.

/akˈsɪnəʊmansi/

Etymology: < Latin axīnomantīa, < Greek ἀξῑνομαντεία, < ἀξίνη axe + μαντεία divination.

Divination by means of an axe-head.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > axe-head

axinomancy1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Briefe Catal. Words of Art Axinomantie, a kind of magicke diuination by an ax head red hot.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 To have the truth..disclosed..by..Axionomancy, we want only a Hatchet and a Jeat-stone to be laid together upon a..Fire of hot Embers.

1870 Archæol. XLIII. 517.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	axinomancy
释义	axinomancyn. /akˈsɪnəʊmansi/ Etymology: < Latin axīnomantīa, < Greek ἀξῑνομαντεία, < ἀξίνη axe + μαντεία divination. Divination by means of an axe-head. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > axe-head axinomancy1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Briefe Catal. Words of Art Axinomantie, a kind of magicke diuination by an ax head red hot. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 To have the truth..disclosed..by..Axionomancy, we want only a Hatchet and a Jeat-stone to be laid together upon a..Fire of hot Embers. 1870 Archæol. XLIII. 517. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1601
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