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necromantic, a. and n.|nɛkrəʊˈmæntɪk|
Also 6–7 nigro-, negro-; 6 nekro-, 7 nicro-.
[ad. late L. necromanticus or med.L. negro-: see prec. and -mantic. Cf. obs. F. nigromantique, Sp. nigro-, It. negromantico.]
A. adj.
1. Of persons: Given to the practice of necromancy.
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 33 A Nekromantike priest did aduertise him, that hee should not dismay. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iii. v. (1651) 500 Wenches could not sleep in their beds for Necromantick Friers. 1737Whiston Josephus, Antiq. vi. xiv. §2 This sort of necromantic women, who bring up the souls of the dead. 1821Scott Pirate xx, Had she really seen and conversed with a necromantic dwarf [etc.].
2. Of, belonging to, or used in necromancy or magic; performed by necromancy.
c1590Greene Fr. Bacon i, It must be nigromanticke spels, And charmes of Art that must inchaine her loue. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 232 Nicromantic studies are much applauded, as profound. 1664Butler Hud. ii. iii. 95 Oh! that I cou'd..find,..by necromantick art, How far the dest'nies take my part! 1754Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. p. xiv, By such necromantic delusions..these crafty doctors..raise their own credit. 1782–3W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. I. 687 Their bodies marked with necromantic figures. 1813Scott Trierm. ii. xxvii, Till, in necromantic night, Gyneth vanish'd from their sight. 1878Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cvi. 28 Perhaps they assisted in necromantic rites which were intended to open a correspondence with departed spirits.
b. transf. Magical, wonderful.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Navy Land Ships Wks. i. 93/1 What Necromanticke spells are Rut, Vault, Slot, Pores, and Entryes. c1645Howell Lett. v. 28 O powrfull Negromantic eyes. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps ii. §12. 39 To give a delightful sense of a kind of necromantic power in the architect. 1883Knowledge 15 June 357/1 The planets..whose mysterious portals we..are seeking to enter this night with necromantic art.
B. n.
†1. A necromancer. Obs.
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 142 Perchaunce thou art a Nekromantike, and hast enchaunted him. 1609E. Hoby Let. to T. H[iggons] 97 Had not Syluester been a Necromanticke..and Marcellinus an open Idolater. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 221 By the stone called elitropia (or, as the nigromanticks) the Babylonian gemme.
2. pl. Conjuring tricks. rare—1.
1742Young Nt. Th. viii. 346 Two state-rooks,..With all the necromantics of their art, Playing the game of faces on each other. |