† orneoscopicsn.

Forms: 1700s orneoscopicks.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀρνεοσκοπικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀρνεοσκοπικός of or for augury, divination < ὀρνεο- , combining form of ὄρνεον bird, cognate with ancient Greek ὄρνις bird (see ornitho- comb. form) + -σκοπικός -scopic comb. form: see -ic suffix 2.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

The observation of birds for the purpose of divination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun]

augurya1413

augurationc1450

ornomancyc1500

auspice1533

auspicy1603

alectromancy1652

ornithomancy1652

alectryomancy1658

bird-divination1670

orneoscopics1727

orniscopics1775

ornithoscopy1840

orniscopy1890

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Orneoscopicks, Omens or Predictions given from the Flight, etc. of Birds.

Derivatives

† orneoscopist n. Obsolete rare a person who observes birds for the purpose of divination.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises

bird-conjurera1382

bird-speller1571

birdgazer1576

birdwatcher1712

orneoscopist1727

orniscopist1755

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Orneoscopists, Augurs or Diviners by Birds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	orneoscopics
释义	† orneoscopicsn. Forms: 1700s orneoscopicks. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀρνεοσκοπικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀρνεοσκοπικός of or for augury, divination < ὀρνεο- , combining form of ὄρνεον bird, cognate with ancient Greek ὄρνις bird (see ornitho- comb. form) + -σκοπικός -scopic comb. form: see -ic suffix 2. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. The observation of birds for the purpose of divination. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] augurya1413 augurationc1450 ornomancyc1500 auspice1533 auspicy1603 alectromancy1652 ornithomancy1652 alectryomancy1658 bird-divination1670 orneoscopics1727 orniscopics1775 ornithoscopy1840 orniscopy1890 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Orneoscopicks, Omens or Predictions given from the Flight, etc. of Birds. Derivatives † orneoscopist n. Obsolete rare a person who observes birds for the purpose of divination.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by birds, augury > [noun] > one who practises bird-conjurera1382 bird-speller1571 birdgazer1576 birdwatcher1712 orneoscopist1727 orniscopist1755 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Orneoscopists, Augurs or Diviners by Birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1727
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