† waterologern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., -o- connective, -loger comb. form.

Etymology: < water n. (compare water n. 17a) + -o- connective + -loger comb. form. Compare waterology n. N.E.D. (1923) gives the stress on the third syllable.

derogatory. Obsolete.

A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a medical quack. Cf. water doctor n. 2.

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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > diagnostician > by urine

water-caster1603

water-monger1623

piss-prophet1625

urine-monger1625

urine-prophet1654

waterologer1654

urine -caster1763

urine-doctor1815

urinoscopist1836

water doctor1848

urine-inspector1863

uroscopist1889

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 47 The water will shew you more, (though the two maine things it can shew, is, that Waterologers are Knaves, and such Patients Fooles, that take the Urinall for an Oracle).

1678 Quacks Acad. 6 You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards.

1711 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 7) Pref. p.xxxiii The best Qualifications that are applicable to Quacks, Waterologers, Cunning-Men and Astrologers are those which the ingenious Butler gave to Sydrophel.

1788 R. Heathcote Sylva (ed. 2) lxi. 239 A waterologer, poring mysteriously over an Urinal, as if he were analysing its contents.

1807 La Belle Assemblée 3 Suppl. 23/1 The famous waterologer..was so expert, that he could tell by a man's working-day's water, what trade; and by his Sunday's water, what religion he was of.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	waterologer
释义	† waterologern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., -o- connective, -loger comb. form. Etymology: < water n. (compare water n. 17a) + -o- connective + -loger comb. form. Compare waterology n. N.E.D. (1923) gives the stress on the third syllable. derogatory. Obsolete. A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a medical quack. Cf. water doctor n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > diagnostician > by urine water-caster1603 water-monger1623 piss-prophet1625 urine-monger1625 urine-prophet1654 waterologer1654 urine -caster1763 urine-doctor1815 urinoscopist1836 water doctor1848 urine-inspector1863 uroscopist1889 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 47 The water will shew you more, (though the two maine things it can shew, is, that Waterologers are Knaves, and such Patients Fooles, that take the Urinall for an Oracle). 1678 Quacks Acad. 6 You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards. 1711 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 7) Pref. p.xxxiii The best Qualifications that are applicable to Quacks, Waterologers, Cunning-Men and Astrologers are those which the ingenious Butler gave to Sydrophel. 1788 R. Heathcote Sylva (ed. 2) lxi. 239 A waterologer, poring mysteriously over an Urinal, as if he were analysing its contents. 1807 La Belle Assemblée 3 Suppl. 23/1 The famous waterologer..was so expert, that he could tell by a man's working-day's water, what trade; and by his Sunday's water, what religion he was of. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1654
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