psychometern.

Brit.

/ˌsʌɪkəʊˈmiːtə/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪkoʊˈmidər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -meter comb. form². With sense 1 compare French psychomètre (1764); the German use suggested by quot. 1836 has not been traced. In sense 2 after psychometry n.

1. An instrument which supposedly detects and measures mental activity, or gives an assessment of a person's psychological state, temperament, etc.; (occasionally) something which serves to indicate a person's spiritual or psychological state.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [noun] > means of appreciating mental phenomena

psychometer1836

1836 J. C. Colquhoun Isis Revelata I. vii. 181 Some of the late German Journals give an account of a singular machine, recently invented by a person of the name of Portius, at Leipsec, called the Psychometer. The object of this machine is to give the temperament and character of each individual.

1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel (1891) xiii. 157 To know whether a minister, young or still in flower, is in safe or dangerous paths, there are two psychometers.

1889 Chicago Advance 31 Jan. I seriously believe that I have grown an intellectual inch... Is there such an instrument as a psychometer, do you know?

1927 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. 24 Oct. 7/3 When the subject is attached to the psychometer and you tell him a story or anything that arouses his emotions, the mirror begins to rotate.

1940 Mind 49 376 It isn't that there is another means, a psychometer or telepathiser say, which with other people tells us what their inner states are.

1982 I. Asimov Foundation's Edge xviii. 326 ‘Ah!’ said Branno. ‘He has attempted an attack... See!’ The needle on the psychometer moved and trembled in its irregular rise.

2. = psychometrist n. 1. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > power to divine by mere contact > one who

psychometer1853

psychometrist1854

psychometrician1866

1853 F. H. Green Biogr. Mrs. Semantha Mettler 99 This enveloped and sealed paper is carried to the psychometer, who places it upon her forehead..and..commences a sort of phrenological exposition of the character of the writer.

1863 W. Denton Nature's Secrets 97 I have repeatedly tried to influence the minds of Psychometers, when making examinations, and at all times without success.

1878 J. R. Buchanan Psychophysiol. Sci. 72 The psychometer is not allowed even to see the manuscript, which is used by placing it on the centre of his forehead.

1903 Daily Record (Glasgow) 10 Sept. 5 If you be a good psychometer you will by and bye be able to see as in a mental photograph the person who formerly possessed the object.

1914 A. T. de Mattos tr. M. Maeterlinck Unknown Guest ii. 63 There are seers, so-called ‘telepsychics’, who are not psychometers.

1999 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 5 377 Happily, [William] Denton's close family proved to be ‘psychometers’ and, variously clutching mastodon teeth and stone fragments, they made astral visits to the prehistoric world and ancient Egypt and Pompeii.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	psychometer
释义	psychometern. Brit. /ˌsʌɪkəʊˈmiːtə/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈmidər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psycho- comb. form, -meter comb. form². Etymology: < psycho- comb. form + -meter comb. form². With sense 1 compare French psychomètre (1764); the German use suggested by quot. 1836 has not been traced. In sense 2 after psychometry n. 1. An instrument which supposedly detects and measures mental activity, or gives an assessment of a person's psychological state, temperament, etc.; (occasionally) something which serves to indicate a person's spiritual or psychological state. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [noun] > means of appreciating mental phenomena psychometer1836 1836 J. C. Colquhoun Isis Revelata I. vii. 181 Some of the late German Journals give an account of a singular machine, recently invented by a person of the name of Portius, at Leipsec, called the Psychometer. The object of this machine is to give the temperament and character of each individual. 1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel (1891) xiii. 157 To know whether a minister, young or still in flower, is in safe or dangerous paths, there are two psychometers. 1889 Chicago Advance 31 Jan. I seriously believe that I have grown an intellectual inch... Is there such an instrument as a psychometer, do you know? 1927 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. 24 Oct. 7/3 When the subject is attached to the psychometer and you tell him a story or anything that arouses his emotions, the mirror begins to rotate. 1940 Mind 49 376 It isn't that there is another means, a psychometer or telepathiser say, which with other people tells us what their inner states are. 1982 I. Asimov Foundation's Edge xviii. 326 ‘Ah!’ said Branno. ‘He has attempted an attack... See!’ The needle on the psychometer moved and trembled in its irregular rise. 2. = psychometrist n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > power to divine by mere contact > one who psychometer1853 psychometrist1854 psychometrician1866 1853 F. H. Green Biogr. Mrs. Semantha Mettler 99 This enveloped and sealed paper is carried to the psychometer, who places it upon her forehead..and..commences a sort of phrenological exposition of the character of the writer. 1863 W. Denton Nature's Secrets 97 I have repeatedly tried to influence the minds of Psychometers, when making examinations, and at all times without success. 1878 J. R. Buchanan Psychophysiol. Sci. 72 The psychometer is not allowed even to see the manuscript, which is used by placing it on the centre of his forehead. 1903 Daily Record (Glasgow) 10 Sept. 5 If you be a good psychometer you will by and bye be able to see as in a mental photograph the person who formerly possessed the object. 1914 A. T. de Mattos tr. M. Maeterlinck Unknown Guest ii. 63 There are seers, so-called ‘telepsychics’, who are not psychometers. 1999 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 5 377 Happily, [William] Denton's close family proved to be ‘psychometers’ and, variously clutching mastodon teeth and stone fragments, they made astral visits to the prehistoric world and ancient Egypt and Pompeii. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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