oneirocriticaladj.

Brit.

/ə(ʊ)ˌnʌɪrəˈkrɪtɪkl/, U.S.

/oʊˌnaɪroʊˈkrɪdɪk(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s onirocriticall, 1600s oneirocratical (irregular), 1700s onirocritical, 1800s– oneirocritical.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀνειροκριτικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀνειροκριτικός oneirocritic adj. + -al suffix¹.With the form oneirocratical (in quot. 1653 at main sense) compare oneirocracy n.

Relating to, practising, or expert in, the interpretation of dreams.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [adjective]

oneirocritical1588

oneirocritic1775

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 26 No dreaming Reuelations, or Onirocriticall coniectures.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 214 The knowledge of Oneirocratical precepts.

1714 J. Byrom Spectator No. 597. ⁋10 My Onirocritical Correspondent has directed him.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xiv. 295 Well, I will allow for once the Oneirocritical science.

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 248 Artemidorus..founder of the Oneirocritical science, so to call it.

1869 T. Browne & J. W. Bund Religio Medici 177 But why to dream of lettuce should presage some ensuing disease.., according to the oneirocritical verses of Astrampsychus and Nicephorus, I shall leave unto your divination.

1968 Econ. Hist. Rev. 21 378 The oneirocritical masters could hardly fail to find it an adumbration of the electric motor of later times.

1999 J. J. Winkler in S. Swain Oxf. Readings in Greek Novel xii. 308 (note) This is standard oneirocritical symbolism, found for instance in Artemidoros' Dream Analysis.

Derivatives

† oneirocritically adv. Obsolete rare in relation to the interpretation of dreams.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [adverb]

oneirocritically1816

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 292 He owns himself quite unable to assign any adequate cause of a temple being onirocritically symbolized by a merchant ship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oneirocritical
释义	oneirocriticaladj. Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˌnʌɪrəˈkrɪtɪkl/, U.S. /oʊˌnaɪroʊˈkrɪdɪk(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s onirocriticall, 1600s oneirocratical (irregular), 1700s onirocritical, 1800s– oneirocritical. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀνειροκριτικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀνειροκριτικός oneirocritic adj. + -al suffix¹.With the form oneirocratical (in quot. 1653 at main sense) compare oneirocracy n. Relating to, practising, or expert in, the interpretation of dreams. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [adjective] oneirocritical1588 oneirocritic1775 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 26 No dreaming Reuelations, or Onirocriticall coniectures. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 214 The knowledge of Oneirocratical precepts. 1714 J. Byrom Spectator No. 597. ⁋10 My Onirocritical Correspondent has directed him. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xiv. 295 Well, I will allow for once the Oneirocritical science. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 248 Artemidorus..founder of the Oneirocritical science, so to call it. 1869 T. Browne & J. W. Bund Religio Medici 177 But why to dream of lettuce should presage some ensuing disease.., according to the oneirocritical verses of Astrampsychus and Nicephorus, I shall leave unto your divination. 1968 Econ. Hist. Rev. 21 378 The oneirocritical masters could hardly fail to find it an adumbration of the electric motor of later times. 1999 J. J. Winkler in S. Swain Oxf. Readings in Greek Novel xii. 308 (note) This is standard oneirocritical symbolism, found for instance in Artemidoros' Dream Analysis. Derivatives † oneirocritically adv. Obsolete rare in relation to the interpretation of dreams. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [adverb] oneirocritically1816 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 292 He owns himself quite unable to assign any adequate cause of a temple being onirocritically symbolized by a merchant ship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1588
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