单词 | geomantic |
释义 | geomanticadj.n. A. adj. Of or relating to geomancy (in either sense). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [adjective] > relating to geomancy geomantical1569 geomantica1592 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E3v Those Geomanticke spirites, That Hermes calleth Terræ filii. 1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. G1v The pretious soule, Of Geomantique spells and Characters Grauen in the surfase of our mother earth. 1673 Magical Vision 20 I teach Crundal the composure of Charms, Lamens, Sigils,..and Geomantick Figures. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 47 Two Geomantick Figures were display'd Above his Head, a Warriour and a Maid. 1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller i. 2 I will demolish your Pantacles, your Magick Glasses, and Geomantick Figures; I will chace away your Familiars. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 226 You have used neither..magic mirror, or geomantic figure. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 314 The geomantic figures obtained by inspecting the chance lines or dots. 1892 Times (Weekly ed.) 7 Oct. 6/4 The Chinese..think..that the geomantic influences are affected injuriously to them. 1963 Mariner's Mirror 49 155 The secular change of variation was embodied in the Chinese geomantic compass. 2009 D. Tyson Runic Astrol. i. 4 Each geomantic figure is made up of four rows composed of either one or two dots. B. n. = geomancer n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by shapes or figures > one who practises geomancerc1475 geomancien1591 geomantic1609 geomant1802 1609 tr. ‘J. Ursinus’ Romane Conclaue 206 Of Clement the seuenth, we read that he was a Geomantique and Simonianist. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 591 To them that whisper out of the earth (Geomantics). 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xxvi. sig. l4v The pointing Geomantick will cast unhappy figures, and project for me a prison, and sorrow. 1990 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 21/4 Now there is a never-ending trail of tourists, astronomers, geomantics,..mystics, UFO researchers and folklorists [to Mên-an-Tol, Cornwall]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1592 |
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