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单词 gelotoscopy
释义

gelotoscopyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin gelotoscopia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin gelotoscopia divination by laughter, the title of a work by Prosper Aldorisius (1611) < ancient Greek γέλωτ- , γέλως laughter (corresponding to γελᾶν to laugh: see gelastic adj.) + post-classical Latin -o- -o- connective + -scopia -scopy comb. form. Compare geloscopy n.Compare French gelotoscopie (1636 or earlier).
Obsolete.
= geloscopy n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by body parts or functions > [noun] > by laughter
gelotoscopy1697
geloscopy1730
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 337 Made Divinations by Gelotoscopy.
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