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单词 meteoromancy
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meteoromancyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meteoro- comb. form, -mancy comb. form.
Etymology: < meteoro- comb. form + -mancy comb. form. Compare French météoromancie (1765). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mī·tĭˌǫ̆rŏmænsi) /ˈmiːtɪərəmænsɪ/.
Obsolete.
Divination by the observation of meteorological phenomena.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by observing meteors
meteoromancy1797
1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 622/1 Meteoromancy, a species of divination by meteors, principally by lightning and thunder.
a1827 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVIII. 174/2 In Etruria, the frequency of sacrifice and the temperament of the air, gave popularity to Extispicy and Meteoromancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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