† myomancyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μυο- , μῦς , -mancy comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μυο-, combining form of μῦς mouse (see myo- comb. form) + -mancy comb. form. Compare earlier ornithomancy n., theriomancy n. at therio- comb. form , etc. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (məi·ŏmænsi) /ˈmaɪəmænsɪ/.

Obsolete. rare.

Divination by interpreting the behaviour of mice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination through animals > [noun] > by the movements of mice

myomancy1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some authors hold Myomancy one of the most antient Kinds of Divination; and think it is on this account that Isaiah, lxvi. 17. reckons Mice among the abominable things of the Idolaters.

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. v. 335 Myomancy Was a method of divination by rats or mice, and is supposed to be alluded to in Isaiah lxvi. 17. Their peculiar cries, or some marked devastation committed by them, was taken for a prognostic of evil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	myomancy
释义	† myomancyn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μυο- , μῦς , -mancy comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek μυο-, combining form of μῦς mouse (see myo- comb. form) + -mancy comb. form. Compare earlier ornithomancy n., theriomancy n. at therio- comb. form , etc. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (məi·ŏmænsi) /ˈmaɪəmænsɪ/. Obsolete. rare. Divination by interpreting the behaviour of mice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination through animals > [noun] > by the movements of mice myomancy1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some authors hold Myomancy one of the most antient Kinds of Divination; and think it is on this account that Isaiah, lxvi. 17. reckons Mice among the abominable things of the Idolaters. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. v. 335 Myomancy Was a method of divination by rats or mice, and is supposed to be alluded to in Isaiah lxvi. 17. Their peculiar cries, or some marked devastation committed by them, was taken for a prognostic of evil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1728
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