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单词 ornomancy
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ornomancyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: Greek ὄρνις , -o- connective, -mancy comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ὄρνις bird (see ornitho- comb. form) + -o- connective + -mancy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin ornimantia (12th cent. in a British source), French ornéomantie (Cotgrave 1611).
Obsolete. rare.
= ornithomancy n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun]
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bird-divination1670
orneoscopics1727
orniscopics1775
ornithoscopy1840
orniscopy1890
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 869 (MED) Vertew..Som he refusyd..Nygromansy..Adryomancy, Ornomancy, with Pyromancy.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ornomancy, divination by the moving of birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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