pessomancyn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛsə(ʊ)mansi/, U.S.

/ˈpɛsəˌmænsi/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πεσσός , -mancy comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πεσσός (Attic πεττός ) oval pebble (see pessary n.) + -mancy comb. form.Bailey (see quot. 1727) cites a Greek form πεσσομαντεία.

rare.

Divination by means of pebbles.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pessomancy, a Sort of Divination by putting Lots into a vessel, and drawing them out,..and being drawn, they made Conjectures from the Characters marked on them what should happen.

1884 in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. (1921) 51 48 The dying were urgent in begging those around them to see and make the Tapunea, or pessomancy, to go all right, and so secure an entrance to the Mane paradise.

2002 Express (Nexis) 24 Dec. 19 Pessomancy..the analysis of pebbles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pessomancy
释义	pessomancyn. Brit. /ˈpɛsə(ʊ)mansi/, U.S. /ˈpɛsəˌmænsi/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πεσσός , -mancy comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek πεσσός (Attic πεττός ) oval pebble (see pessary n.) + -mancy comb. form.Bailey (see quot. 1727) cites a Greek form πεσσομαντεία. rare. Divination by means of pebbles. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pessomancy, a Sort of Divination by putting Lots into a vessel, and drawing them out,..and being drawn, they made Conjectures from the Characters marked on them what should happen. 1884 in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. (1921) 51 48 The dying were urgent in begging those around them to see and make the Tapunea, or pessomancy, to go all right, and so secure an entrance to the Mane paradise. 2002 Express (Nexis) 24 Dec. 19 Pessomancy..the analysis of pebbles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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