aeromancyn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːrəmansi/, U.S.

/ˈɛroʊˌmænsi/,

/ˈɛrəˌmænsi/

Forms:

α. Middle English aeremance, Middle English aermancye, Middle English aeromancye, Middle English aeromaunce, 1500s aeromancie, 1500s heromancie, 1500s– aeromancy, 1600s eromancie, 1600s eromancy, 1800s aëromancy.

β. 1600s aeromantie, 1600s heromanty.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French aermancie, ayromancie, aerimancie.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aermancie (late 13th cent. or earlier) and Middle French ayromancie (1378), aerimancie (a1380; also as aéromantie (1546), aeromance (1587); French aéromancie ) < post-classical Latin aeromantia (a636 in Isidore, citing Varro) < aero- aero- comb. form + -mantia (see -mancy comb. form). Compare Italian aeromanzia (14th cent.).

Divination by air or by things in the air (as clouds, birds, etc.); the practice of interpreting the weather or other atmospheric phenomena in order to predict the future. Sometimes passing into the idea of weather forcasting; cf. aerology n., aeroscopy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by air

aeromancya1393

mataeotechnia1614

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction > specific method

aeromancy1608

astrology1681

aeroscopy1755

astrometeorology1817

aeroscepsy1835

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1301 (MED) Of the fyr the Piromance With questions..He tempteth ofte, and ek also Aeremance in juggement.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 20708 (MED) My secounde scoler in the hayr..At alle tymes doth devyne; And therfor..Hyr name ys callyd ‘Aermancye.’

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxxvi. 77/1 Aeromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the ayer.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xviii. 33 a Heromancie that is a kinde of propheciyng by the Ayre.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. B^v By Aeromancie, to discouer doubts.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 75 Country people..haue learned of them Æromantie, that is, diuination of thinges by the ayre, for they haue a fore-feeling and vnderstanding of raine and windes afore-hand.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Eromancie, divination by things in the ayre.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 12/2 By fire he hath the Skill of Pyromanty By Ayre he hath the Art of Heromanty.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Barometers, thermometers, hygrometers, and anemometers, are of considerable use in this kind of aeromancy.

1787 A. Hawkins tr. V. Mignot Hist. Turkish Empire II. 214 According to the principles of aeromancy, it was difficult to give a favorable interpretation to this event [sc. a hailstorm].

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 333 Aeromancy.., includes every kind of divination by the phenomena of the air.

1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 444 Aeromancy, divination by appearances in the air.

1914 Philos. Rev. 23 297 Those [books] which deal with different varieties of divination, namely aeromancy, pyromancy, hydromancy, geomancy, and chiromancy.

1986 M. Stott Spilling Beans 110 More obscure forms [of divination] are practised, too. These include Aeromancy divination by cloud shapes [etc.].

2002 T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld II xvi. 168 The Concise Lexicon of the Occult lists 93 methods of divination, from aeromancy (divination by the shapes of clouds) to xylomancy (divination by the shapes of twigs).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aeromancy
释义	aeromancyn. Brit. /ˈɛːrəmansi/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌmænsi/, /ˈɛrəˌmænsi/ Forms: α. Middle English aeremance, Middle English aermancye, Middle English aeromancye, Middle English aeromaunce, 1500s aeromancie, 1500s heromancie, 1500s– aeromancy, 1600s eromancie, 1600s eromancy, 1800s aëromancy. β. 1600s aeromantie, 1600s heromanty. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French aermancie, ayromancie, aerimancie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aermancie (late 13th cent. or earlier) and Middle French ayromancie (1378), aerimancie (a1380; also as aéromantie (1546), aeromance (1587); French aéromancie ) < post-classical Latin aeromantia (a636 in Isidore, citing Varro) < aero- aero- comb. form + -mantia (see -mancy comb. form). Compare Italian aeromanzia (14th cent.). Divination by air or by things in the air (as clouds, birds, etc.); the practice of interpreting the weather or other atmospheric phenomena in order to predict the future. Sometimes passing into the idea of weather forcasting; cf. aerology n., aeroscopy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by air aeromancya1393 mataeotechnia1614 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction > specific method aeromancy1608 astrology1681 aeroscopy1755 astrometeorology1817 aeroscepsy1835 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1301 (MED) Of the fyr the Piromance With questions..He tempteth ofte, and ek also Aeremance in juggement. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 20708 (MED) My secounde scoler in the hayr..At alle tymes doth devyne; And therfor..Hyr name ys callyd ‘Aermancye.’ 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxxvi. 77/1 Aeromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the ayer. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xviii. 33 a Heromancie that is a kinde of propheciyng by the Ayre. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. B^v By Aeromancie, to discouer doubts. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 75 Country people..haue learned of them Æromantie, that is, diuination of thinges by the ayre, for they haue a fore-feeling and vnderstanding of raine and windes afore-hand. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Eromancie, divination by things in the ayre. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 12/2 By fire he hath the Skill of Pyromanty By Ayre he hath the Art of Heromanty. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Barometers, thermometers, hygrometers, and anemometers, are of considerable use in this kind of aeromancy. 1787 A. Hawkins tr. V. Mignot Hist. Turkish Empire II. 214 According to the principles of aeromancy, it was difficult to give a favorable interpretation to this event [sc. a hailstorm]. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 333 Aeromancy.., includes every kind of divination by the phenomena of the air. 1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye 444 Aeromancy, divination by appearances in the air. 1914 Philos. Rev. 23 297 Those [books] which deal with different varieties of divination, namely aeromancy, pyromancy, hydromancy, geomancy, and chiromancy. 1986 M. Stott Spilling Beans 110 More obscure forms [of divination] are practised, too. These include Aeromancy divination by cloud shapes [etc.]. 2002 T. Pratchett et al. Sci. of Discworld II xvi. 168 The Concise Lexicon of the Occult lists 93 methods of divination, from aeromancy (divination by the shapes of clouds) to xylomancy (divination by the shapes of twigs). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1393
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