onomancyn.

Brit.

/ˈɒnəmansi/, U.S.

/ˈɑnəˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s onomancie, 1600s onomantie, 1600s– onomancy.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin onomantia onomantia n.; compare -ancy suffix. Compare Italian onomanzia (1561; 1598 in Florio as onomantia), Middle French, French onomancie (1562), †onomantie (1587 or earlier).

Divination from a name or names, esp. the letters of a personal name.Quot. 1678 suggests a different interpretation as ‘divination using a donkey or ass’, deriving the term from ancient Greek ὄνος ass (see onocentaur n.). See also quot. 1920 at onomamancy 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

1602 J. Willis Art Stenogr. sig. C8 The ancient Hebrewes and Greekes, as also the Pythagoreans in their divinations by Onomantie, used all the letters of the Alphabet as Numerals.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Onomancie (onomantia), divination by names.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) List Barbarous Words Onomancy, a Divination by names, or rather a Divination by some observations about an Ass, the first should seem rather to be Onomomancy.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In strictness, Onomancy should signify Divination by Asses... To signify Divination by Names, it should be Onomatamancy.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Onomancy, or Nomancy, the Art of divining the good or evil Fortune to befall a Man, from the Letters of which is his Name.

1821 J. Townley Illustr. Biblical Lit. (1856) 162 All books and writings of..onomancy, chyromancy, and necromancy..are utterly rejected.

1855 L. Hunt Autobiogr. ii. 38 I may call myself..a son of mirth..; for my father's Christian name (as old students of onomancy would have heard with serious faces) was Isaac, which is Hebrew for laughter.

1880 W. Jones Precious Stones i. 5 (note) The Rabbinical writers describe a system of onomancy,..termed Notaricon, in conjunction with lithomancy.

1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words vii. 142 Any reform in the spelling of one's name may be fraught with deep consequences..that is, if you believe in numerology, astrology, and onomancy.

1955 Monumenta Nipponica 11 9 To this end, the traditional methods of divination, especially onomancy..are widely used by the followers of this religion.

1994 Speculum 69 1171 The inclusion of two Latin divinations, a chiromancy and onomancy.., also written by one of the scribes of the psalter proper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onomancy
释义	onomancyn. Brit. /ˈɒnəmansi/, U.S. /ˈɑnəˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s onomancie, 1600s onomantie, 1600s– onomancy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onomantia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin onomantia onomantia n.; compare -ancy suffix. Compare Italian onomanzia (1561; 1598 in Florio as onomantia), Middle French, French onomancie (1562), †onomantie (1587 or earlier). Divination from a name or names, esp. the letters of a personal name.Quot. 1678 suggests a different interpretation as ‘divination using a donkey or ass’, deriving the term from ancient Greek ὄνος ass (see onocentaur n.). See also quot. 1920 at onomamancy 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 1602 J. Willis Art Stenogr. sig. C8 The ancient Hebrewes and Greekes, as also the Pythagoreans in their divinations by Onomantie, used all the letters of the Alphabet as Numerals. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Onomancie (onomantia), divination by names. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) List Barbarous Words Onomancy, a Divination by names, or rather a Divination by some observations about an Ass, the first should seem rather to be Onomomancy. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In strictness, Onomancy should signify Divination by Asses... To signify Divination by Names, it should be Onomatamancy. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Onomancy, or Nomancy, the Art of divining the good or evil Fortune to befall a Man, from the Letters of which is his Name. 1821 J. Townley Illustr. Biblical Lit. (1856) 162 All books and writings of..onomancy, chyromancy, and necromancy..are utterly rejected. 1855 L. Hunt Autobiogr. ii. 38 I may call myself..a son of mirth..; for my father's Christian name (as old students of onomancy would have heard with serious faces) was Isaac, which is Hebrew for laughter. 1880 W. Jones Precious Stones i. 5 (note) The Rabbinical writers describe a system of onomancy,..termed Notaricon, in conjunction with lithomancy. 1938 I. Goldberg Wonder of Words vii. 142 Any reform in the spelling of one's name may be fraught with deep consequences..that is, if you believe in numerology, astrology, and onomancy. 1955 Monumenta Nipponica 11 9 To this end, the traditional methods of divination, especially onomancy..are widely used by the followers of this religion. 1994 Speculum 69 1171 The inclusion of two Latin divinations, a chiromancy and onomancy.., also written by one of the scribes of the psalter proper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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