† divinailn.

Forms: Also Middle English de-, dy-, -al(e, -aile, -aille, -ayle, deuenayle.

Etymology: < Old French de-, divinail, -al (masculine), and devinaille, -nalle, -gnaille (feminine) (Godefroy) a thing divined, a conjecture, prediction, divination n., representing Latin types *dīvīnāle singular, *dīvīnālia plural, of dīvīnālis : see divinal adj. and -al suffix¹ 2.

Obsolete.

1. Divining, soothsaying, divination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun]

divinec1330

diviningc1340

divinationc1374

divinailc1386

sortilegea1387

sortilegya1387

divinity1481

matesy1543

divinement1579

divinesse1594

predivination1603

observating1652

sortiary1653

fatidicency1693

fatiloquency1693

mantology1774

manticism1861

zoomancy1888

mantic1891

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋531 Hem þat bilieuen in diuynailes [v.rr. dyuynayles, -ales, -alis, divynailles, deuenayles] as by flight or by noyse of briddes or of beestes.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xiii. 51 b Her clerkes in theyr diuinayle Tolde it was token of seruage and trauayle.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vii. 110 The deuynaylles of them that by the flyght of byrdes deuynen.

2. Something to be divined, a riddle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun]

riddleOE

purposec1350

problema1382

propositiona1382

conclusion1393

divinailc1430

opposal?a1439

riddling?c1475

wordc1480

why1532

dark, hard sentence1535

enigma1539

remblere1599

puzzlement1646

gripha1652

puzzler1651

riddlemy riddlemy1652

puzzle1655

crux1718

teaser1759

puzzleation1767

conundrum1790

poser1793

riddle-me-ree1805

stumper1807

tickler1825

sticker1849

brain-teaser1850

grueller1856

question mark1870

brain-twister1878

skull-buster1926

mind-bender1968

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. ix. 18 a The serpent him..would assaile With a problem..Called of some men an uncouthe deuinaile.

c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes i. (R.) To slea all tho..that did faile, To expoune, his misty deuinale.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxiiii. 105 Sayeng that they myȝt not arede a certayne deuynal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	divinail
释义	† divinailn. Forms: Also Middle English de-, dy-, -al(e, -aile, -aille, -ayle, deuenayle. Etymology: < Old French de-, divinail, -al (masculine), and devinaille, -nalle, -gnaille (feminine) (Godefroy) a thing divined, a conjecture, prediction, divination n., representing Latin types dīvīnāle singular, dīvīnālia plural, of dīvīnālis : see divinal adj. and -al suffix¹ 2. Obsolete. 1. Divining, soothsaying, divination. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] divinec1330 diviningc1340 divinationc1374 divinailc1386 sortilegea1387 sortilegya1387 divinity1481 matesy1543 divinement1579 divinesse1594 predivination1603 observating1652 sortiary1653 fatidicency1693 fatiloquency1693 mantology1774 manticism1861 zoomancy1888 mantic1891 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋531 Hem þat bilieuen in diuynailes [v.rr. dyuynayles, -ales, -alis, divynailles, deuenayles] as by flight or by noyse of briddes or of beestes. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xiii. 51 b Her clerkes in theyr diuinayle Tolde it was token of seruage and trauayle. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vii. 110 The deuynaylles of them that by the flyght of byrdes deuynen. 2. Something to be divined, a riddle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] riddleOE purposec1350 problema1382 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 divinailc1430 opposal?a1439 riddling?c1475 wordc1480 why1532 dark, hard sentence1535 enigma1539 remblere1599 puzzlement1646 gripha1652 puzzler1651 riddlemy riddlemy1652 puzzle1655 crux1718 teaser1759 puzzleation1767 conundrum1790 poser1793 riddle-me-ree1805 stumper1807 tickler1825 sticker1849 brain-teaser1850 grueller1856 question mark1870 brain-twister1878 skull-buster1926 mind-bender1968 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. ix. 18 a The serpent him..would assaile With a problem..Called of some men an uncouthe deuinaile. c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes i. (R.) To slea all tho..that did faile, To expoune, his misty deuinale. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxiiii. 105 Sayeng that they myȝt not arede a certayne deuynal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1386
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