necromanticn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈmantɪk/, U.S.

/ˌnɛkrəˈmæn(t)ɪk/

Forms: 1500s nekromantic, 1500s nekromantike, 1500s–1700s necromantick, 1500s– necromantic, 1600s necromanticke, 1600s nicromantic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin necromanticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin necromanticus, adjective (6th cent.; 1344 in a British source) and noun (6th cent.; 15th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin necromantīa necromancy n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French necromantique (mid 16th cent.; French nécromantique ); for corresponding formations in other Romance languages see nigromantic adj. and n.

A. n.

†1. A necromancer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > necromancer

nigromancera1387

nigromancianc1390

necromancer1547

necromantic?1548

necromantist1584

black-artist1593

nigromant1598

nigromantica1600

psychagogue1843

necromanta1849

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. B3 (stage direct.) Intrant simul Sodomismus..[et] Idololatria [as] Necromantic.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 142 Perchaunce thou art a Nekromantike [1574 Nigromantike], and hast enchaunted him.

1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 97 Had not Syluester been a Necromanticke..and Marcellinus an open Idolater.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 161 Conjurors, Witches, Necromantics, Invocators of Devils.

2. In plural. Conjuring tricks. (In quot. 1993 perhaps simply: necromancy.) rare. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > a trick

colea1307

playa1475

conveyance1534

legerdemain?1544

prank1555

convoyance1578

sleight1596

pass1599

paviea1605

trick1609

sleight of handa1626

hocus-pocus1647

juggle1664

hocus-trickc1680

passe-passe1687

jugglementa1708

thaumaturgics1721

necromantics1745

conjuration1820

1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 18 Two State-Rooks,..With all the Necromantics of their Art, Playing the Game of Faces on each other.

1993 ‘A. Burgess’ Dead Man in Deptford (1994) 123 The Earl..was young but reputed learned, indeed called the Wizard Earl for his skill in necromantics.

B. adj.

1. Of persons: practising or engaging in necromancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > of or belonging to necromancy > that practises

necromantic1577

necromancinga1770

psychagogic1892

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 33 A Nekromantike [1574 Nigromantike] priest [Sp. un sacerdote nigromantino] did aduertise him, that hee should not dismay.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. iii. v. 594 Wenches could not sleepe in their beds for Necromanticke Friers.

a1678 A. Marvell Direct. to Painter in Poems on Affairs of State (1697) I. i. 29 Thou Dutch Necromantick Fryar, be damn'd, And in thine own first-Mortar-piece be ram'd!

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. xiv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 188 This sort of necromantic women, who bring up the souls of the dead.

1821 W. Scott Pirate II. vii. 155 Had she really seen and conversed with a necromantic dwarf [etc.].

1846 H. Smith Prefatory Stanzas in Poet. Wks I. 3 Talk not to me of Necromantic wights, And dread magicians, Who, by their potent spells, could conjure sprites, Ghosts, apparitions, And raise the dead from the forgotten past.

1907 F. B. T. Coutts-Nevill Romance of King Arthur i. 43 Morgan le Fay, a necromantic clerk, Whose skill in magic has no match but mine, Intends to seize the sceptre for her son.

1967 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Aug. (1995) 384 The necromantic witch consulted by Saul has no connexion or significance for the L. R.

1990 Premiere July 21/1 Robin also comes back with a brainy Arab side-kick who is determined to save his life..and together the Arab and the Christian fight the necromantic sheriff.

a. Of, used in, or involving necromancy or magic; performed by necromancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > of or belonging to necromancy

nigromantic1449

necromantical1577

nigromanticalc1586

necromantica1592

necromaneous1801

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E3^v Those strange necromantick spels That worke such shewes and wondering in the world.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 232 Nicromantic studies are much applauded, as profound.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 138 O that I could find by Necromantick art, How farr the Dest'nies take my part.

1713 J. Gay Wife of Bath i. 37 The Looking glass you see there, is my Necromantic Mirror—wherein I represent Past, Present, and to Come.

1754 M. Catesby & G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Carolina (rev. ed.) II. p. xiv By such necromantic delusions..these crafty doctors..raise their own credit.

1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 687 Their bodies marked with necromantic figures.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxvii. 100 Till, in necromantic night, Gyneth vanished from their sight.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xxii. 796 His semblance of a human body was only a necromantic, or perhaps a mechanical contrivance, in which a demon walked about.

1878 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David V. Ps. cvi. 28 Perhaps they assisted in necromantic rites which were intended to open a correspondence with departed spirits.

1908 M. J. Cawein Poems IV. 17 With each smile I heard the dull Deep music of her heart, and saw, As by some necromantic law, Faint tremblings of a lubric light Flush her white temples and her throat.

1934 L. Charteris Boodle xii. 267 The detective had a vision of Costello's intense black eyes,..his lips under the thin black moustache mouthing necromantic commands.

1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xvi. 165 There is, the old gentleman believes, a favourable conjunction for every action, moods synchronising with the hours of his necromantic calendar.

2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck ii. 67 All her necromantic activity seems merely the occasion for her insatiable necrophagous greed, as she goes about gnawing..at the decaying bodies of the dead.

b. In extended sense: magical; wonderful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective]

wonderlyc893

wonderfula1100

wondera1175

wondersa1300

marvellousc1330

marvela1400

marvelly?a1400

mirablec1429

admirablec1450

marvellablec1450

mirific1490

wondrous1509

extonious1548

portentious1549

miraculous1569

geason1572

mirificalc1572

astounding1590

amazing1593

wonderedc1595

admiring1598

prodigious1600

astonishable1603

fabulous1609

wondered-at?1611

necromantic1627

stupendous1640

nigromantic1645

mirandous1652

surprising1665

mirabundous1694

astonishinga1704

wondersome1774

sublime1813

nasty1834

kill-me-quite1842

breathtaking1843

breath-catching1865

miracle-working1867

mouth opening1867

stupefying1870

gee whiz1889

scorching1890

doozy1903

sensational1909

eye-popping1918

wunnerful1924

crashing1931

staggering1934

eyewatering1950

mind-boggling1955

Ozymandian1961

knock-out1966

mind-blowing1966

motherfucking1973

boggling1975

gobsmacking1981

tubular1982

1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. D2 What Necromanticke spelles, are Rut, Vault, Slot, Pores, and Entryes.

1704 W. M. Female Wits ii. 37 There's more than Necromantick Charms in every bewitching Line.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. ii. 39 To give a delightful sense of a kind of necromantic power in the architect.

1883 Knowledge 15 June 357/1 The planets..whose mysterious portals we..are seeking to enter this night with necromantic art.

1935 Science 19 Apr. 371/2 The teacher with a few necromantic passes, verbal and graphical, may prove..the rule that to find maxima or minima of a function the derivate is set equal to zero.

1990 M. Harris Hemingway's Suitcase viii. 50 She was impressed by the incantatory, the necromantic power of words.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	necromantic
释义	necromanticn.adj. Brit. /ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈmantɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɛkrəˈmæn(t)ɪk/ Forms: 1500s nekromantic, 1500s nekromantike, 1500s–1700s necromantick, 1500s– necromantic, 1600s necromanticke, 1600s nicromantic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin necromanticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin necromanticus, adjective (6th cent.; 1344 in a British source) and noun (6th cent.; 15th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin necromantīa necromancy n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French necromantique (mid 16th cent.; French nécromantique ); for corresponding formations in other Romance languages see nigromantic adj. and n. A. n. †1. A necromancer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > necromancer nigromancera1387 nigromancianc1390 necromancer1547 necromantic?1548 necromantist1584 black-artist1593 nigromant1598 nigromantica1600 psychagogue1843 necromanta1849 ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. B3 (stage direct.) Intrant simul Sodomismus..[et] Idololatria [as] Necromantic. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 142 Perchaunce thou art a Nekromantike [1574 Nigromantike], and hast enchaunted him. 1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 97 Had not Syluester been a Necromanticke..and Marcellinus an open Idolater. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 161 Conjurors, Witches, Necromantics, Invocators of Devils. 2. In plural. Conjuring tricks. (In quot. 1993 perhaps simply: necromancy.) rare. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > a trick colea1307 playa1475 conveyance1534 legerdemain?1544 prank1555 convoyance1578 sleight1596 pass1599 paviea1605 trick1609 sleight of handa1626 hocus-pocus1647 juggle1664 hocus-trickc1680 passe-passe1687 jugglementa1708 thaumaturgics1721 necromantics1745 conjuration1820 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 18 Two State-Rooks,..With all the Necromantics of their Art, Playing the Game of Faces on each other. 1993 ‘A. Burgess’ Dead Man in Deptford (1994) 123 The Earl..was young but reputed learned, indeed called the Wizard Earl for his skill in necromantics. B. adj. 1. Of persons: practising or engaging in necromancy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > of or belonging to necromancy > that practises necromantic1577 necromancinga1770 psychagogic1892 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 33 A Nekromantike [1574 Nigromantike] priest [Sp. un sacerdote nigromantino] did aduertise him, that hee should not dismay. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. iii. v. 594 Wenches could not sleepe in their beds for Necromanticke Friers. a1678 A. Marvell Direct. to Painter in Poems on Affairs of State (1697) I. i. 29 Thou Dutch Necromantick Fryar, be damn'd, And in thine own first-Mortar-piece be ram'd! 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. xiv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 188 This sort of necromantic women, who bring up the souls of the dead. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. vii. 155 Had she really seen and conversed with a necromantic dwarf [etc.]. 1846 H. Smith Prefatory Stanzas in Poet. Wks I. 3 Talk not to me of Necromantic wights, And dread magicians, Who, by their potent spells, could conjure sprites, Ghosts, apparitions, And raise the dead from the forgotten past. 1907 F. B. T. Coutts-Nevill Romance of King Arthur i. 43 Morgan le Fay, a necromantic clerk, Whose skill in magic has no match but mine, Intends to seize the sceptre for her son. 1967 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. Aug. (1995) 384 The necromantic witch consulted by Saul has no connexion or significance for the L. R. 1990 Premiere July 21/1 Robin also comes back with a brainy Arab side-kick who is determined to save his life..and together the Arab and the Christian fight the necromantic sheriff. 2. a. Of, used in, or involving necromancy or magic; performed by necromancy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > of or belonging to necromancy nigromantic1449 necromantical1577 nigromanticalc1586 necromantica1592 necromaneous1801 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E3^v Those strange necromantick spels That worke such shewes and wondering in the world. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 232 Nicromantic studies are much applauded, as profound. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 138 O that I could find by Necromantick art, How farr the Dest'nies take my part. 1713 J. Gay Wife of Bath i. 37 The Looking glass you see there, is my Necromantic Mirror—wherein I represent Past, Present, and to Come. 1754 M. Catesby & G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Carolina (rev. ed.) II. p. xiv By such necromantic delusions..these crafty doctors..raise their own credit. 1782–3 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 687 Their bodies marked with necromantic figures. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. xxvii. 100 Till, in necromantic night, Gyneth vanished from their sight. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xxii. 796 His semblance of a human body was only a necromantic, or perhaps a mechanical contrivance, in which a demon walked about. 1878 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David V. Ps. cvi. 28 Perhaps they assisted in necromantic rites which were intended to open a correspondence with departed spirits. 1908 M. J. Cawein Poems IV. 17 With each smile I heard the dull Deep music of her heart, and saw, As by some necromantic law, Faint tremblings of a lubric light Flush her white temples and her throat. 1934 L. Charteris Boodle xii. 267 The detective had a vision of Costello's intense black eyes,..his lips under the thin black moustache mouthing necromantic commands. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xvi. 165 There is, the old gentleman believes, a favourable conjunction for every action, moods synchronising with the hours of his necromantic calendar. 2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck ii. 67 All her necromantic activity seems merely the occasion for her insatiable necrophagous greed, as she goes about gnawing..at the decaying bodies of the dead. b. In extended sense: magical; wonderful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. D2 What Necromanticke spelles, are Rut, Vault, Slot, Pores, and Entryes. 1704 W. M. Female Wits ii. 37 There's more than Necromantick Charms in every bewitching Line. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. ii. 39 To give a delightful sense of a kind of necromantic power in the architect. 1883 Knowledge 15 June 357/1 The planets..whose mysterious portals we..are seeking to enter this night with necromantic art. 1935 Science 19 Apr. 371/2 The teacher with a few necromantic passes, verbal and graphical, may prove..the rule that to find maxima or minima of a function the derivate is set equal to zero. 1990 M. Harris Hemingway's Suitcase viii. 50 She was impressed by the incantatory, the necromantic power of words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.?1548
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