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oneirocritic, oniro-, n. (a.)|əʊnaɪərəʊˈkrɪtɪk|
[ad. Gr. ὀνειροκριτικός pertaining to the interpretation of dreams; in F. onirocritique (Cotgr.): cf. prec. and -ic.]
1. A judge or interpreter of dreams.
a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. iii. (1821) 203 The Jewish doctors..constantly prefer the oneirocritics of them, to the dreamers themselves. 1668H. More Div. Dial. II. 243 According to the sense of the ancient Onirocriticks. 1712Addison Spect. No. 505 ⁋6 An Oneirocritick, or, in plain English, an interpreter of dreams. 1819G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) I. 335 He was the first prophet and onirocritic and diviner. 1865Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 616 A second oneiro-critic modified the unpleasant answer.
2. (Usually in pl.) The art of interpreting dreams; oneirocriticism.
1614Selden Titles Hon. 74 In Apomazar's..onirocritiques out of Egyptian monuments, that name often occurres. 1724A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 89 Oneirocriticks and Hieroglyphics; and other Mystical Arts of concealment. 1740Warburton Div. Legat. vi. vi. (R.), Now onirocritic or the art of interpreting dreams was practised in the time of Joseph. 1855Smedley Occult Sci. 292 Oneirocriticks.
B. adj. = next. rare—0.
1775Ash, Oneirocritic, interpretative of dreams. |