meteoroscopicsn.

Brit.

/ˌmiːtɪərəˈskɒpɪks/, U.S.

/ˈˌmidiər(ə)ˈskɑpɪks/

Forms: 1700s metheoroscopics, 1900s– meteoroscopics.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin meteoroscopica; Greek μετεωροσκοπική.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin meteoroscopica (1587 in the passage translated in quot. 1943; a1494 as meteoroscopice ) and its etymon Byzantine Greek μετεωροσκοπική (5th cent. in Proclus (see quot. 1788), short for μετεωροσκοπικὴ τέχνη art of meteoroscopics), use as noun of feminine singular of Hellenistic Greek μετεωροσκοπικός relating to the observation of celestial objects < ancient Greek μετεωρο- meteoro- comb. form + -σκοπικός -scopic comb. form (compare -ic suffix 2). Compare earlier meteoroscopy n.

rare. Now historical.

The science of observing celestial objects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun]

meteoroscopics1788

1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 79 The other is metheoroscopics [sic], which finds out the differences of elevations, and the distances of the stars [etc.].

1943 B. Brickman tr. F. Patrizi De Spatio Mathematico in Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 4 245 This is followed by gnomonic, meteoroscopics, dioptrics, optics, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meteoroscopics
释义	meteoroscopicsn. Brit. /ˌmiːtɪərəˈskɒpɪks/, U.S. /ˈˌmidiər(ə)ˈskɑpɪks/ Forms: 1700s metheoroscopics, 1900s– meteoroscopics. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin meteoroscopica; Greek μετεωροσκοπική. Etymology: < post-classical Latin meteoroscopica (1587 in the passage translated in quot. 1943; a1494 as meteoroscopice ) and its etymon Byzantine Greek μετεωροσκοπική (5th cent. in Proclus (see quot. 1788), short for μετεωροσκοπικὴ τέχνη art of meteoroscopics), use as noun of feminine singular of Hellenistic Greek μετεωροσκοπικός relating to the observation of celestial objects < ancient Greek μετεωρο- meteoro- comb. form + -σκοπικός -scopic comb. form (compare -ic suffix 2). Compare earlier meteoroscopy n. rare. Now historical. The science of observing celestial objects. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun] meteoroscopics1788 1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 79 The other is metheoroscopics [sic], which finds out the differences of elevations, and the distances of the stars [etc.]. 1943 B. Brickman tr. F. Patrizi De Spatio Mathematico in Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 4 245 This is followed by gnomonic, meteoroscopics, dioptrics, optics, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788
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