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单词 oneiropolist
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oneiropolistn.

Brit. /ə(ʊ)ˌnʌɪˈrɒpəlɪst/, U.S. /oʊˌnaɪˈrɑpələst/
Forms: 1600s oniropolist, 1800s– oneiropolist.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀνειροπόλος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀνειροπόλος an interpreter of dreams ( < ὀνειρο- oneiro- comb. form + -πολος , combining form < πέλεσθαι to be in motion: see palinodia n.) + -ist suffix. Compare Middle French oniropole (1542 in Rabelais).
A person who interprets dreams.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > study or interpretation of > one who studies or interprets
dream readera1387
dream doctor1545
dream interpreter?1611
dream-tellera1641
oneirocritica1652
dream-speller1652
oneiropolist1652
oneiromancer1653
oneiromantist1653
oneirocrite1693
oneirologist1834
oneiroscopist1889
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [noun] > one who practises
readerOE
dream readera1387
conjectora1425
dream doctor1545
dream interpreter?1611
conjecturer1612
dream-tellera1641
oneirocritica1652
dream-speller1652
oneiropolist1652
oneiromancer1653
oneiromantist1653
oneirocrite1693
oneiroscopist1727
oneirologist1834
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xxvi. sig. l4v The dusky Oniropolist, or Dream-teller will affright me with nocturnall Ghosts and Goblins.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 102 Such a one..by the Greeks is called Onirocrit, or Oniropolist.
1857 H. Fielding Amelia 519 ‘Very well,’ said the doctor; ‘and if I am to be the Oneiropolist, I believe the dream will come to pass’.
1955 J. M. Cohen tr. F. Rabelais Hist. Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xiii. 321 Therefore these somnial vaticinations require an interpreter..and absolute Oneitrocritic and Oneiropolist, for so the Greeks called them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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