英语词汇“omphalomancy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

omphalomancy n.

Brit.

/ˈɒmfələ(ʊ)mansi/

/ˈɒmfl̩ə(ʊ)mansi/

U.S.

/ˈɑmfələˌmænsi/

[ < omphalo- comb. form + -mancy comb. form; compare French †omphalomantie (1752), omphalomancie (1868 in Littré)] divination by the navel, esp. the art or practice of divining the number of future children a woman is to have by counting the number of knots on the umbilical cord of a baby born to her (obsolete rare); (in extended use) the art or skill of predicting or estimating numbers of people (rare).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by body parts or functions > [noun] > by knots on umbilical cord

omphalomancy1652

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Omphelomancy, [divining] by the navell.

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Omphalomancy, the prophesying of the number of future children a woman will have according to the number of knots on the navel-string of the child born.

1987 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 93 210 The last chapter is a brief exercise in omphalomancy, an estimate of intellectual progeny in leading roles.

单词	omphalomancy
释义	> as lemmas omphalomancy omphalomancy n. Brit. /ˈɒmfələ(ʊ)mansi/ , /ˈɒmfl̩ə(ʊ)mansi/ , U.S. /ˈɑmfələˌmænsi/ [ < omphalo- comb. form + -mancy comb. form; compare French †omphalomantie (1752), omphalomancie (1868 in Littré)] divination by the navel, esp. the art or practice of divining the number of future children a woman is to have by counting the number of knots on the umbilical cord of a baby born to her (obsolete rare); (in extended use) the art or skill of predicting or estimating numbers of people (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by body parts or functions > [noun] > by knots on umbilical cord omphalomancy1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Omphelomancy, [divining] by the navell. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Omphalomancy, the prophesying of the number of future children a woman will have according to the number of knots on the navel-string of the child born. 1987 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 93 210 The last chapter is a brief exercise in omphalomancy, an estimate of intellectual progeny in leading roles. extracted from omphalo-comb. form < as lemmas
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