piss-prophetn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪs ˌprɒfɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpɪs ˌprɑfət/

Forms: see piss n. and prophet n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piss n., prophet n.

Etymology: < piss n. + prophet n. Compare earlier pisspot n. 2, Compounds 2.

Now historical.

A physician, esp. one who diagnoses illness by inspecting a patient's urine. Hence in extended use: a quack doctor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > diagnostician > by urine

water-caster1603

water-monger1623

piss-prophet1625

urine-monger1625

urine-prophet1654

waterologer1654

urine -caster1763

urine-doctor1815

urinoscopist1836

water doctor1848

urine-inspector1863

uroscopist1889

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 32 Now would I willingly demand of the most cunning Pisse-prophet, what could he haue found out by either of these vrines?

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 70 If a very cholerick urine be brought, can the pisse-prophet tell which of these diseases doth trouble the patient?

1695 D. Turner Apologia Chyrurg. 5 The most absurd Predictions of the calculating Piss-prophets.

1756 London Mag. Jan. 6/1 Never was any country so pestered with lad-midwives, piss-prophets, and quack-curates, as this is.

1824 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 375 Now is not this the most ignominious Quackery on the part of Master Abernethie? Could Dr Cameron, the Piss-Prophet, surpass it?

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 194 Piss-prophet, a ‘water-doctor’.

1976 M. Apple Oranging of Amer. 66 Atkins is what they used to call a piss prophet. They ran them out of town in Germany.

1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind ix. 232 The ‘piss-prophets’ who competed for medical business on market days in the towns around Oxford, choosing cures on the evidence of urine brought by friends of the bedridden.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piss-prophet
释义	piss-prophetn. Brit. /ˈpɪs ˌprɒfɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɪs ˌprɑfət/ Forms: see piss n. and prophet n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piss n., prophet n. Etymology: < piss n. + prophet n. Compare earlier pisspot n. 2, Compounds 2. Now historical. A physician, esp. one who diagnoses illness by inspecting a patient's urine. Hence in extended use: a quack doctor. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > diagnostician > by urine water-caster1603 water-monger1623 piss-prophet1625 urine-monger1625 urine-prophet1654 waterologer1654 urine -caster1763 urine-doctor1815 urinoscopist1836 water doctor1848 urine-inspector1863 uroscopist1889 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 32 Now would I willingly demand of the most cunning Pisse-prophet, what could he haue found out by either of these vrines? 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 70 If a very cholerick urine be brought, can the pisse-prophet tell which of these diseases doth trouble the patient? 1695 D. Turner Apologia Chyrurg. 5 The most absurd Predictions of the calculating Piss-prophets. 1756 London Mag. Jan. 6/1 Never was any country so pestered with lad-midwives, piss-prophets, and quack-curates, as this is. 1824 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 375 Now is not this the most ignominious Quackery on the part of Master Abernethie? Could Dr Cameron, the Piss-Prophet, surpass it? 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 194 Piss-prophet, a ‘water-doctor’. 1976 M. Apple Oranging of Amer. 66 Atkins is what they used to call a piss prophet. They ran them out of town in Germany. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind ix. 232 The ‘piss-prophets’ who competed for medical business on market days in the towns around Oxford, choosing cures on the evidence of urine brought by friends of the bedridden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625
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