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单词 pneumatography
释义

pneumatographyn.

Brit. /ˌnjuːməˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uməˈtɑɡrəfi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pneumato- comb. form, -graphy comb. form.
Etymology: < pneumato- comb. form + -graphy comb. form. Compare Byzantine Greek πνευματογράϕος inspired writer. Compare slightly later pneumatology n.In sense 2 after French pneumatographie (1861 in the source translated in quot. 1876 at sense 2). Compare also French pneumatophonie (see pneumatophony n. at pneumato- comb. form ).
1. A description of supposed spiritual beings, or of beliefs about them; the descriptive element of pneumatology (pneumatology n. 1a). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > study of
pneumology1613
pneumatology1648
pneumatography1665
1665 W. Drage Daimonomageia 28 Which things our Physiology, Iatrosophy, and Pneumatography declares.
1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 829 (table) Pneumatography.
2. Writing alleged to be done directly by a disembodied spirit, without the hand of a medium or any material instrument.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others
hydrographya1657
hierography1731
pasigraphy1796
scoteography1804
scriptio continua1845
grass hand1850
palaeotype1867
pneumatography1876
pasigraphic1947
abugida1990
1876 A. Blackwell tr. ‘A. Kardec` Medium's Bk. xxxii. 447 Pneumatography... This word denotes the direct writing of spirits, without the use of the medium's hand.
1997 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Heritage section) 7 The sacred messages were conveyed to Cao Dai leaders between 1925 and 1929 through seances, automatic writing or pneumatography whereby an empty scroll is hung above the altar and when taken down, messages had appeared.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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