单词 | ichthyomancy |
释义 | > as lemmasichthyomancy ichthyomancy n. Brit. , U.S. [-mancy comb. form] divination by means of the heads or entrails of fishes.ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination through animals > [noun] > by the heads or entrails of fish ichthyomancy1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ichthyonomancy [sic], a divination by fishes. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 209 Ichthiomancy, in ancient times so celebrated. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Ichthyomancy. < as lemmas |
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