nigromantn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪɡrə(ʊ)mant/, U.S.

/ˈnɪɡrəˌmænt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1900s– nigromant, 1600s–1700s negromant.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian nigromante, negromante.

Etymology: Apparently < Italian †nigromante (14th cent.), variant (after classical Latin nigr- , niger black: see niger n.¹) of negromante (late 13th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek νεκρόμαντις (see necromant n.). Compare Anglo-Norman nigramant (early 13th cent.), Middle French nigromant (1562; 1441 as ingromant ), negromant (1543; French négromant ), Portuguese nigromante (16th cent.), Spanish nigromante (1604). Compare earlier nigromance n., nigromancy n., nigromantic adj.

Now rare and archaic.

= necromancer n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > necromancer

nigromancera1387

nigromancianc1390

necromancer1547

necromantic?1548

necromantist1584

black-artist1593

nigromant1598

nigromantica1600

psychagogue1843

necromanta1849

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A precious stone..vsed of Nigromants.

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iii. i. 268 Scotus an Italian, calling himselfe an Astrologer.., but by others reputed a Negromant.

1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. iii. lxvi You could not stand against this negromant.

1951 Shakespeare Q. 2 117 Who wrote ‘aboue a mortall pitch’? Who but the spirit bred of Merlin's race, maker of sky-surmounting Tamburlaine and Faustus the nigromant?

1958 T. H. White Once & Future King i. viii. 72 With these words the ancient nigromant [i.e. Merlyn] stood upon tiptoe and did as he had explained.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nigromant
释义	nigromantn. Brit. /ˈnɪɡrə(ʊ)mant/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡrəˌmænt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1900s– nigromant, 1600s–1700s negromant. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian nigromante, negromante. Etymology: Apparently < Italian †nigromante (14th cent.), variant (after classical Latin nigr- , niger black: see niger n.¹) of negromante (late 13th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek νεκρόμαντις (see necromant n.). Compare Anglo-Norman nigramant (early 13th cent.), Middle French nigromant (1562; 1441 as ingromant ), negromant (1543; French négromant ), Portuguese nigromante (16th cent.), Spanish nigromante (1604). Compare earlier nigromance n., nigromancy n., nigromantic adj. Now rare and archaic. = necromancer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > necromancer nigromancera1387 nigromancianc1390 necromancer1547 necromantic?1548 necromantist1584 black-artist1593 nigromant1598 nigromantica1600 psychagogue1843 necromanta1849 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A precious stone..vsed of Nigromants. a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iii. i. 268 Scotus an Italian, calling himselfe an Astrologer.., but by others reputed a Negromant. 1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso I. iii. lxvi You could not stand against this negromant. 1951 Shakespeare Q. 2 117 Who wrote ‘aboue a mortall pitch’? Who but the spirit bred of Merlin's race, maker of sky-surmounting Tamburlaine and Faustus the nigromant? 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King i. viii. 72 With these words the ancient nigromant [i.e. Merlyn] stood upon tiptoe and did as he had explained. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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