† nomancyn.

Forms: 1700s–1800s nomancy, 1800s nomency.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nomancie.

Etymology: < French nomancie (1680, now rare), aphetic < onomancie onomancy n.In quot. 1728 apparently after the Dict. de Trévoux.

Obsolete.

= onomancy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > from names

onomancy1602

onomantia1605

onomatomancy1652

onomamancy1678

nomancy1728

onomatechny1736

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Nomancy, the Art of divining the Fates of Persons by means of the Letters that form their Names.

1860 A. B. Child Whatever is, is Right 151 A species of nomancy..has had something to do with individual destiny and the selection of cognomens.

1866 C. Redding Past Celebrities II. 160 Have you studied astrology, Nomency,..and the long list of et ceteras once considered as attaching to the study of medicine?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	nomancy
释义	† nomancyn. Forms: 1700s–1800s nomancy, 1800s nomency. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nomancie. Etymology: < French nomancie (1680, now rare), aphetic < onomancie onomancy n.In quot. 1728 apparently after the Dict. de Trévoux. Obsolete. = onomancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by symbols, letters, figures, etc. > [noun] > from names onomancy1602 onomantia1605 onomatomancy1652 onomamancy1678 nomancy1728 onomatechny1736 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Nomancy, the Art of divining the Fates of Persons by means of the Letters that form their Names. 1860 A. B. Child Whatever is, is Right 151 A species of nomancy..has had something to do with individual destiny and the selection of cognomens. 1866 C. Redding Past Celebrities II. 160 Have you studied astrology, Nomency,..and the long list of et ceteras once considered as attaching to the study of medicine? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1728
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