aeromancy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/
Etymology
From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
Have you a mind (quoth Her Trippa) to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by Pyromancy, by Aeromancy, (whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation) by Hydromancy, by Leconomancy, of old in prime request amongst the Assyrians, and throughly tried by Hermolaus Barbarus : Come hither, and I will shew thee, in this Platter-full of fair Fountain-water, thy future Wife lechering, and sercroupierising it with two swaggering Ruffians, one after another.
1900 [1693], François Rabelais, chapter XXV, in Thomas Urquhart, Peter le Motteux, transl., Gargantua and Pantagruel, page 133:"If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620
"heromancy" -- OED, 1546
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aëromancy | Early, Modern, alternative | lexicographic | |
| aeromanty | Early, Modern, alternative | lexicographic | |
| æromancy | Early, Modern, alternative | lexicographic | |
| aeromancie | Early, Modern, alternative | lexicographic | |
| heromancy | Early, Modern, alternative | lexicographic | |
| eromancy | Early, Modern, alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
cometomancy · nephomancy · ceraunoscopy · anemoscopy · meteoromancy · austromancy · chaomancy
Translations (13)
de Aeromantie (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · la aeromantia (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · enm aeromauncie (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · es aeromancia (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · enm aeromance (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · enm aerymancie (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · pt aeromancia (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · enm aeromancye (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · fr aéromancie (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · ka აერომანტია (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · enm aermacye (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · pl aeromancja (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) · it aeromanzia (divination by use of atmospheric conditions)