pyromancyn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˌmansi/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪroʊˌmænsi/

Forms: Middle English perimancie, Middle English perimansie, Middle English permansie, Middle English pernirancy (transmission error), Middle English piromance, Middle English piromancye, Middle English pyromancye, Middle English–1500s piromancie, Middle English–1600s piromancy, Middle English– pyromancy, 1500s–1600s pyromancie, 1500s–1600s pyromantie, 1600s pyromanty.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pyromancie; Latin pyromantia.

Etymology: < Middle French pyromance, piromance, pyromancie, pyromantie (c1200 in Old French as piromancie ; French pyromancie , (rare) pyromantie ) and its etymon post-classical Latin pyromantia (a636 in Isidore; from 12th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek πυρομαντεία (in a papyrus: the reading is doubtful) < ancient Greek πυρο- pyro- comb. form + -μαντεία -mancy comb. form.

Now chiefly historical.

Divination by fire or by signs derived from fire.

ΘΚΠ

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

pyromancya1393

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1298 The craft..That Geomance cleped is..And of the flod his Ydromance, And of the fyr the Piromance.

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 1390 (MED) Mantho, dowghter to Tyresyas..of wytt was so sotell That..noon lyke hir was In pyromancy [L. piromanciam].

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxxvi. 77/1 Pyromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the fyre.

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 19 (MED) Aristotiles..wolde shewe..the art of constreynyng and naturell worchyng in..aerymancie, piromancy, ydromancy, and geomancie.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. B^v Thou art read in Magicks mysterie, In Piromancie to diuine by flames.

1630 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in Wks. iii. 12/2 By Fire he hath the skill of Pyromanty.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 206 Have you a mind..to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by Pyromancy.

1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller ii. 34 Shall I instruct you by the Rules of Astronomy, Prophepercy..Eromancy, Pyromancy, Coscinomancy, Chiromancy, Negromancy.

1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. II. xxv. 170 It is pretended that all the Algonquins and Abenaquis..practiced a kind of pyromancy.

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 292 Pyromancy, by which conjectures were made from the motions of the sacrificial flame.

1894 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 7 128 Another form of pyrodulia to be detected in the religious ceremonies of the Mexicans, the Pueblos, the Tarasco and the Opata Indians, is the burning of copal as an incense; this may be a survival from Aztec or other aboriginal pyromancy.

1927 Speculum 2 326 This work of Almadel, On the Firmness of the Six Sciences,..deals in succession with pyromancy, auruspicia, hydromancy, augury, geomancy, and chiromancy.

1992 Prediction May 60 (advt.) Nicolas Darkwood, Master Adept of the Magick Arts, discovered a collection of Ancient Roman manuscripts on pyromancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyromancy
释义	pyromancyn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)ˌmansi/, U.S. /ˈpaɪroʊˌmænsi/ Forms: Middle English perimancie, Middle English perimansie, Middle English permansie, Middle English pernirancy (transmission error), Middle English piromance, Middle English piromancye, Middle English pyromancye, Middle English–1500s piromancie, Middle English–1600s piromancy, Middle English– pyromancy, 1500s–1600s pyromancie, 1500s–1600s pyromantie, 1600s pyromanty. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pyromancie; Latin pyromantia. Etymology: < Middle French pyromance, piromance, pyromancie, pyromantie (c1200 in Old French as piromancie ; French pyromancie , (rare) pyromantie ) and its etymon post-classical Latin pyromantia (a636 in Isidore; from 12th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek πυρομαντεία (in a papyrus: the reading is doubtful) < ancient Greek πυρο- pyro- comb. form + -μαντεία -mancy comb. form. Now chiefly historical. Divination by fire or by signs derived from fire. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by fire pyromancya1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1298 The craft..That Geomance cleped is..And of the flod his Ydromance, And of the fyr the Piromance. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 1390 (MED) Mantho, dowghter to Tyresyas..of wytt was so sotell That..noon lyke hir was In pyromancy [L. piromanciam]. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxxvi. 77/1 Pyromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the fyre. a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 19 (MED) Aristotiles..wolde shewe..the art of constreynyng and naturell worchyng in..aerymancie, piromancy, ydromancy, and geomancie. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. B^v Thou art read in Magicks mysterie, In Piromancie to diuine by flames. 1630 J. Taylor Water-cormorant in Wks. iii. 12/2 By Fire he hath the skill of Pyromanty. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 206 Have you a mind..to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by Pyromancy. 1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller ii. 34 Shall I instruct you by the Rules of Astronomy, Prophepercy..Eromancy, Pyromancy, Coscinomancy, Chiromancy, Negromancy. 1761 tr. P. de Charlevoix Jrnl. Voy. N.-Amer. II. xxv. 170 It is pretended that all the Algonquins and Abenaquis..practiced a kind of pyromancy. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 292 Pyromancy, by which conjectures were made from the motions of the sacrificial flame. 1894 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 7 128 Another form of pyrodulia to be detected in the religious ceremonies of the Mexicans, the Pueblos, the Tarasco and the Opata Indians, is the burning of copal as an incense; this may be a survival from Aztec or other aboriginal pyromancy. 1927 Speculum 2 326 This work of Almadel, On the Firmness of the Six Sciences,..deals in succession with pyromancy, auruspicia, hydromancy, augury, geomancy, and chiromancy. 1992 Prediction May 60 (advt.) Nicolas Darkwood, Master Adept of the Magick Arts, discovered a collection of Ancient Roman manuscripts on pyromancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393
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