botanomancyn.

Brit.

/bəˈtanəmansi/,

/ˈbɒtn̩əˌmansi/,

/ˈbɒtənəˌmansi/, U.S.

/bəˈtænoʊˌmænsi/,

/ˈbɑtn̩oʊˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s botinomancy, 1600s– botanomancy, 1600s– botonomancy.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin botanomantia (1522 in the passage translated in quot. 1610) < botano- botano- comb. form + -mantia -mancy comb. form. Compare Middle French, French botanomantie (1558 in Rabelais).

Now chiefly historical.

Divination or fortune-telling using plants or their leaves, petals, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by plants

botanomancy1610

botanology1656

daphnomancy1656

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Diuination..by Hearbes, Botinomancy [L. botanomantia].

1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 176 Botanomancy [Fr. la Botanomantie]..is done by the noise or crackling that knee holme, box, or bay leaues make when they are crushed betwixt one's hands or cast into the fire.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 209 To have the truth of the matter..disclosed unto you by..Botonomancy [Fr. Botanomantie].

1709 J. Trenchard Nat. Hist. Superstition 10 The numerous ways of Divination, viz. Oniromancy, Sideromancy, Tephranomancy, Botonomancy [etc].

1859 Ladies' Compan. 15 225/1 ‘He loves me—he loves me not—he loves me!’ Very pretty is the scene where Margaret consults the fates by such botanomancy. Leaf after leaf of the flower falls.

1931 Folk-lore 42 474 The eighth chapter is given to Botanomancy, that is the foretelling of the future by means of plants and drugs.

2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 (2009) iv. 428 Then came cleromantic botanomancy, subdivided into favomancy, practiced with several white beans and a black bean, as well as the disciplines of rhabdomancy and belomancy, in which wooden rods were used.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	botanomancy
释义	botanomancyn. Brit. /bəˈtanəmansi/, /ˈbɒtn̩əˌmansi/, /ˈbɒtənəˌmansi/, U.S. /bəˈtænoʊˌmænsi/, /ˈbɑtn̩oʊˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s botinomancy, 1600s– botanomancy, 1600s– botonomancy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin botanomantia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin botanomantia (1522 in the passage translated in quot. 1610) < botano- botano- comb. form + -mantia -mancy comb. form. Compare Middle French, French botanomantie (1558 in Rabelais). Now chiefly historical. Divination or fortune-telling using plants or their leaves, petals, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by plants botanomancy1610 botanology1656 daphnomancy1656 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Diuination..by Hearbes, Botinomancy [L. botanomantia]. 1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 176 Botanomancy [Fr. la Botanomantie]..is done by the noise or crackling that knee holme, box, or bay leaues make when they are crushed betwixt one's hands or cast into the fire. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 209 To have the truth of the matter..disclosed unto you by..Botonomancy [Fr. Botanomantie]. 1709 J. Trenchard Nat. Hist. Superstition 10 The numerous ways of Divination, viz. Oniromancy, Sideromancy, Tephranomancy, Botonomancy [etc]. 1859 Ladies' Compan. 15 225/1 ‘He loves me—he loves me not—he loves me!’ Very pretty is the scene where Margaret consults the fates by such botanomancy. Leaf after leaf of the flower falls. 1931 Folk-lore 42 474 The eighth chapter is given to Botanomancy, that is the foretelling of the future by means of plants and drugs. 2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 (2009) iv. 428 Then came cleromantic botanomancy, subdivided into favomancy, practiced with several white beans and a black bean, as well as the disciplines of rhabdomancy and belomancy, in which wooden rods were used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
随便看	hill farming hill fire hill fort hill herding hill myna hill of mars hill paddock hill pigeon hill plover hill sheep hill site hill walker hill walking hill wool hill-altar hill-ant hill-appointment hill-bamboo hill-berry hill-bird hill-born hill-brow hill-chair hill-chapel hill-climb