† meteoroscopyn.

Forms: 1600s meteoroscopie, 1600s metoroscopy, 1700s–1800s meteoroscopy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meteoroscope n., -y suffix³.

Etymology: < meteoroscope n. + -y suffix³ (compare -scopy comb. form). Compare French météoroscopie (1828). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mī:tĭˌǫ̆rǫ·skŏpi) /ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒskəpɪ/.

Obsolete. rare.

1. Observation of celestial objects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun] > practice

speculation1538

observing1613

meteoroscopy1658

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Meteoroscopie, that part of Astrology, which handleth the difference of Sublimities, and distance of Stars.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 455 A Gentleman given to Metoroscopy [sic], looking on the two Stars in ☌saw three.

1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xiii. 180 The topographers..had not the advantage of this piece of meteoroscopy.

2. Observation of the weather.

ΚΠ

1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 1068 These same clergy claim to know and to compel or restrain the weather (meteoroscopy or meteorocracy).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meteoroscopy
释义	† meteoroscopyn. Forms: 1600s meteoroscopie, 1600s metoroscopy, 1700s–1800s meteoroscopy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meteoroscope n., -y suffix³. Etymology: < meteoroscope n. + -y suffix³ (compare -scopy comb. form). Compare French météoroscopie (1828). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mī:tĭˌǫ̆rǫ·skŏpi) /ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒskəpɪ/. Obsolete. rare. 1. Observation of celestial objects. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun] > practice speculation1538 observing1613 meteoroscopy1658 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Meteoroscopie, that part of Astrology, which handleth the difference of Sublimities, and distance of Stars. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iii. 455 A Gentleman given to Metoroscopy [sic], looking on the two Stars in ☌saw three. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xiii. 180 The topographers..had not the advantage of this piece of meteoroscopy. 2. Observation of the weather. ΚΠ 1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 1068 These same clergy claim to know and to compel or restrain the weather (meteoroscopy or meteorocracy). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1658
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