-manticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. anthropomantic adj.

Forms: 1500s -manticke, 1600s -mantique, 1700s– -mantic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -manticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin -manticus < -mantia (see -mancy comb. form) + -icus -ic suffix. Compare ancient Greek -μάντικος.Although this element is ultimately of Greek origin, adjectives containing it tend not to correspond to Greek words in -μάντικος , the earliest being borrowings < post-classical Latin formations in -manticus , such as nigromantic adj. and geomantic adj. Words formed in English, usually after nouns in -mancy comb. form, are first attested in the 17th cent., e.g. aeromantic adj. A number were coined in the 19th cent. but few subsequently.

Forming a small class of adjectives with the sense ‘relating to (a specific kind of) divination’, corresponding to nouns in -mancy comb. form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	-mantic
释义	-manticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. anthropomantic adj. Forms: 1500s -manticke, 1600s -mantique, 1700s– -mantic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -manticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin -manticus < -mantia (see -mancy comb. form) + -icus -ic suffix. Compare ancient Greek -μάντικος.Although this element is ultimately of Greek origin, adjectives containing it tend not to correspond to Greek words in -μάντικος , the earliest being borrowings < post-classical Latin formations in -manticus , such as nigromantic adj. and geomantic adj. Words formed in English, usually after nouns in -mancy comb. form, are first attested in the 17th cent., e.g. aeromantic adj. A number were coined in the 19th cent. but few subsequently. Forming a small class of adjectives with the sense ‘relating to (a specific kind of) divination’, corresponding to nouns in -mancy comb. form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < comb. form
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