onomantian.

Brit.

/ˌɒnəˈmantɪə/, U.S.

/ˌɑnəˈmæn(t)iə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onomantia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin onomantia (1544 in G. Cardano De Sapientia) < ancient Greek ὄνομα name (see onomato- comb. form) + μαντεία (see -mancy comb. form), with haplology. Compare slightly earlier onomancy n.

rare.

= onomancy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > from names

onomancy1602

onomantia1605

onomatomancy1652

onomamancy1678

nomancy1728

onomatechny1736

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 35 The superstitious kinde of Divination called Onomantia..by which the Pithagoreans iudged the even number of vowells in names to signifie imperfections in the left sides of men, and the odde number in the right.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Onomancie (onomantia), divination by names.]

1997 S. Smith-Bannister Names & Naming Patterns in Eng. i. 13 Camden..complained that the more credulous young men..might make recourse to the ‘forbidden superstition’ of onomantia—soothsaying or divination by names.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onomantia
释义	onomantian. Brit. /ˌɒnəˈmantɪə/, U.S. /ˌɑnəˈmæn(t)iə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onomantia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin onomantia (1544 in G. Cardano De Sapientia) < ancient Greek ὄνομα name (see onomato- comb. form) + μαντεία (see -mancy comb. form), with haplology. Compare slightly earlier onomancy n. rare. = onomancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > from names onomancy1602 onomantia1605 onomatomancy1652 onomamancy1678 nomancy1728 onomatechny1736 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 35 The superstitious kinde of Divination called Onomantia..by which the Pithagoreans iudged the even number of vowells in names to signifie imperfections in the left sides of men, and the odde number in the right. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Onomancie (onomantia), divination by names.] 1997 S. Smith-Bannister Names & Naming Patterns in Eng. i. 13 Camden..complained that the more credulous young men..might make recourse to the ‘forbidden superstition’ of onomantia—soothsaying or divination by names. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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