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单词 sycomancy
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sycomancyn.

Forms: Also 1600s -manty, sico-.
Etymology: < Greek σῦκον fig + μαντεία divination: see -mancy comb. form.
Obsolete.
Divination by means of figs or fig leaves.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by figs or fig-leaves
sycomancy1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Sycomancy, [divining] by Figgs.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 209 By Sicomancy; O Divine Art in Fig-tree Leaves!
1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 445 Conjuring with fig leaves was called sycomancy.]
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