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† orycˈtognosy Obs. [a. F. oryctognosie (Littré), f. orycto- + Gr. γνῶσις knowledge.] The knowledge of minerals; mineralogy.
1804Edin. Rev. V. 66 Mineralogy might be advantageously substituted for ‘Oryctognosie’. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. Introd. 32 Werner..in his lectures on Oryctognosy, or the general knowledge of minerals. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. ii. 89 Confounding descriptive mineralogy (oryctognosy) with geognosy. |