aleuromancyn.

Brit.

/əˈl(j)ʊərəmansi/,

/ˈaljᵿrəˌmansi/, U.S.

/əˈlʊroʊˌmænsi/,

/ˈæljərəˌmænsi/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aleuromantie; Latin aleuromantia.

Etymology: < (i) French aleuromantie (1546 in Middle French; in form aleuromancie from 1803), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin aleuromantia (15th cent.) < ancient Greek ἄλευρον flour (see aleurone n.) + Hellenistic Greek -μαντεία -mancy comb. form; compare Hellenistic Greek ἀλευρομαντεῖον divination by flour.A less naturalized parallel borrowing aleuromanteia is also occasionally attested; compare:1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον viii. 402 Aeromanteia is a superstitious prediction by the ayre..Another was made from Meale or Chaffe, and was called Alphitomanteia, or Aleuromanteia.

Any of various forms of divination using meal, flour, cakes, etc., esp. as practised by the ancient Greeks. Cf. alphitomancy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by meal or flour

alphitomancy1652

aleuromancy1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Aleuromancy, divination by barley meal mixed with wheat.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv Disclosed unto you..by aleuromancy [Fr. aleuromantie], mixing the flour of wheat with oatmeal.

1773 Encycl. Brit. I. 126/1 Alphitomancy, a species of divination, otherwise called aleuromancy.

1845 Astrologer 22 Mar. 47/1 Among the various other kinds of divination..may be enumerated: Chilomancy, performed with keys; alphitomancy or aleuromancy, by flour.

1887 T. Purnell Lady Drusilla i. 34 Aleuromancy..is..most popular in cases of serious illness.

1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy ii. viii. 302 Aleuromancy and alphitomancy were almost analogous processes; cakes were made of wheat or barley flour which could not be swallowed by anyone guilty of a given misdeed.

1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling vi.136 The fortune cookies served in many Chinese restaurants are a form of aleuromancy.

2004 P. Telesco Kitchen witch's Guide Divination xiii. 164 Aleuromancy originated in Greece at the temples for Apollo. Here the priestess sprinkled flour on water and scried the pattern it created.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aleuromancy
释义	aleuromancyn. Brit. /əˈl(j)ʊərəmansi/, /ˈaljᵿrəˌmansi/, U.S. /əˈlʊroʊˌmænsi/, /ˈæljərəˌmænsi/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aleuromantie; Latin aleuromantia. Etymology: < (i) French aleuromantie (1546 in Middle French; in form aleuromancie from 1803), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin aleuromantia (15th cent.) < ancient Greek ἄλευρον flour (see aleurone n.) + Hellenistic Greek -μαντεία -mancy comb. form; compare Hellenistic Greek ἀλευρομαντεῖον divination by flour.A less naturalized parallel borrowing aleuromanteia is also occasionally attested; compare:1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον viii. 402 Aeromanteia is a superstitious prediction by the ayre..Another was made from Meale or Chaffe, and was called Alphitomanteia, or Aleuromanteia. Any of various forms of divination using meal, flour, cakes, etc., esp. as practised by the ancient Greeks. Cf. alphitomancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by meal or flour alphitomancy1652 aleuromancy1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Aleuromancy, divination by barley meal mixed with wheat. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv Disclosed unto you..by aleuromancy [Fr. aleuromantie], mixing the flour of wheat with oatmeal. 1773 Encycl. Brit. I. 126/1 Alphitomancy, a species of divination, otherwise called aleuromancy. 1845 Astrologer 22 Mar. 47/1 Among the various other kinds of divination..may be enumerated: Chilomancy, performed with keys; alphitomancy or aleuromancy, by flour. 1887 T. Purnell Lady Drusilla i. 34 Aleuromancy..is..most popular in cases of serious illness. 1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy ii. viii. 302 Aleuromancy and alphitomancy were almost analogous processes; cakes were made of wheat or barley flour which could not be swallowed by anyone guilty of a given misdeed. 1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling vi.136 The fortune cookies served in many Chinese restaurants are a form of aleuromancy. 2004 P. Telesco Kitchen witch's Guide Divination xiii. 164 Aleuromancy originated in Greece at the temples for Apollo. Here the priestess sprinkled flour on water and scried the pattern it created. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1656
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