单词 | hydromantic |
释义 | hydromanticadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to hydromancy. hydromantic machine, hydromantic vessel: see quot. 1728. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [adjective] > water hydromantic1651 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋157 Its own hydromantick vehicle. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hydromancy The writers in Opticks, furnish us with divers Hydromantic Machines, Vessels, &c. 1. = hydromancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by water hydromance1390 hydromancyc1400 waterspelling1587 hydromantica1592 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. Bv To tell by Hadromaticke, ebbes and tides. 2. One skilled or practised in hydromancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by water > one who practises hydromancerc1475 hydromantic1638 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 215 Sorcerers, Inchanters, Hydro- and Pyro-mantiques. Derivatives hydroˈmantical adj. hydroˈmantically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [adverb] hydromantically1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Hydromantically, by Hydromancy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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