† orniscopistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: Greek ὄρνις , -scope comb. form, -ist suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὄρνις bird (see ornitho- comb. form) + -scope comb. form + -ist suffix. Compare later orniscopics n., orniscopy n.

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

A person who makes prophecies based on the behaviour of birds.

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

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Orniscopist, one who examines the flight of birds, in order to foretel futurity.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Orniscopist, one who views the flight of fowls in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight.

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

单词	orniscopist
释义	† orniscopistn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: Greek ὄρνις , -scope comb. form, -ist suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὄρνις bird (see ornitho- comb. form) + -scope comb. form + -ist suffix. Compare later orniscopics n., orniscopy n. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A person who makes prophecies based on the behaviour of birds. 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 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Orniscopist, one who examines the flight of birds, in order to foretel futurity. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Orniscopist, one who views the flight of fowls in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1755
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