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单词 capnomancy
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capnomancyn.

/ˈkapnəʊmansi/
Etymology: < Greek καπνός smoke + μαντεία divination. Compare French capnomancie (in 16th cent. capnomantie).
Divination by smoke.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by fire > by smoke
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1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 294 Diuination..was done..by smoake, Capnomancy.
1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) Pref., Those thin and curious arts, capnomancy, augury, Sooth saying.
1883 A. Stewart Nether Lochaber xxxiv. 206 In books on..divination it is called Capnomancy.
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