hydromanticadj.n.
/hʌɪdrəʊˈmantɪk/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to hydromancy. hydromantic machine, hydromantic vessel: see quot. 1728.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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