† nigromancen.

Forms: Middle English negremaunce, Middle English nigramace (transmission error), Middle English nigromance, Middle English nigromaunce, Middle English nygramance, Middle English nygromaunce, 1700s–1800s negromance; also Scottish pre-1700 nigromance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nigromance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French nigromance (early 12th cent. in Old French, also nigramance (late 12th cent.); French †nigromance , also †négromance (1606)) < post-classical Latin nigromantia divination by supposed communication with the dead, sorcery, black magic (6th cent.; from c1125 in British sources), alteration, by association with classical Latin nigr- , niger black (see niger n.¹; compare black art n.), of classical Latin necromantīa necromancy n. Compare nigromancy n.

Obsolete.

= necromancy n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > necromancy

nigromancyc1330

nigromancea1393

necromancyc1456

egromancy?a1475

necromanty1560

psychomancy1572

necyomancy1623

necromancing1827

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1308 (MED) With Nigromance he wole assaile To make his incantacioun.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) 22112 Of enchanteors, Of nigromance and of guglurs.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2773 Ther beth viij tregetours..The wich been so perfite of Nygramance.

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 255/1 Nigromance, nigromancia.

c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 32 Vith nigromance heirfoir he did conspire To satisfie his vitius vilan deid.

1701 E. Settle Virgin Prophetess iv. 27 But why this Strange Surprize! Miracles! Magick and Negromance.

1836 Foreign Q. Rev. 17 102 He came from Toledo hence, Where he had learned negromance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nigromance
释义	† nigromancen. Forms: Middle English negremaunce, Middle English nigramace (transmission error), Middle English nigromance, Middle English nigromaunce, Middle English nygramance, Middle English nygromaunce, 1700s–1800s negromance; also Scottish pre-1700 nigromance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nigromance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French nigromance (early 12th cent. in Old French, also nigramance (late 12th cent.); French †nigromance , also †négromance (1606)) < post-classical Latin nigromantia divination by supposed communication with the dead, sorcery, black magic (6th cent.; from c1125 in British sources), alteration, by association with classical Latin nigr- , niger black (see niger n.¹; compare black art n.), of classical Latin necromantīa necromancy n. Compare nigromancy n. Obsolete. = necromancy n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > necromancy nigromancyc1330 nigromancea1393 necromancyc1456 egromancy?a1475 necromanty1560 psychomancy1572 necyomancy1623 necromancing1827 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1308 (MED) With Nigromance he wole assaile To make his incantacioun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) 22112 Of enchanteors, Of nigromance and of guglurs. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2773 Ther beth viij tregetours..The wich been so perfite of Nygramance. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 255/1 Nigromance, nigromancia. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 32 Vith nigromance heirfoir he did conspire To satisfie his vitius vilan deid. 1701 E. Settle Virgin Prophetess iv. 27 But why this Strange Surprize! Miracles! Magick and Negromance. 1836 Foreign Q. Rev. 17 102 He came from Toledo hence, Where he had learned negromance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1393
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