单词 | capnomancy |
释义 | capnomancyn. Divination by smoke. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by fire > by smoke capnomancy1610 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1610 |
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