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meteoroscopy rare.|ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒskəpɪ| [f. Gr. µετεωρο- meteor + -σκοπία -scopy. Cf. F. météoroscopie.] Observation of the stars.
1658Phillips, Meteoroscopie, that part of Astrology, which handleth the difference of Sublimities, and distance of Stars. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies iii. iii. 455 A Gentleman given to Metoroscopy [sic], looking on the two Stars in ☌saw three. 1829T. L. Peacock Misfort. Elphin xiii. 180 The topographers..had not the advantage of this piece of meteoroscopy. Hence meteoˈroscopist rare—0, an observer of the stars.
1727in Bailey vol. II. |