单词 | arithmancy |
释义 | arithmancyn. Divination by numbers. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > by numbers, numerology arithmancy1587 logarithmancy1652 arithmomancy1660 numerologyc1907 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. ix. 28/2, in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I An old kind of arithmancie (fathered on Pythagoras, yet neuer inuented by him). 1878 J. H. Gray China II. xvii. 25 Other systems of telling fortunes are in vogue, as for instance..arithmancy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1587 |
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