speculatoryn.adj.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -orie.

Etymology: < Latin speculātōrius: see speculate v. and -ory suffix¹. In sense A. 1 from the Latin feminine speculātōria (sc. ars): Compare French spéculatoire.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeculatory.

Now rare.

A. n.

†1. The observation or study of occult phenomena. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > study of

speculatory1569

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 52 b Out of the same fundation commeth Speculatorie, which doth enterprete thunder, lightning, and other impressions of the Elementes.

1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) 99 Among the Arts therefore of Fortune-telling vulgarly professed in hope of gain, are Physiognomy,..Soothsaying, Speculatory, and Interpretation of Dreams.

†2. A place of observation. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > place of observation

speculatory1619

observatory1878

observation platform1890

1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 14 Appearing to our eye on the superficies of this terrestriall speculatorie.

†3. = speculator n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher or look-out

showerOE

tootera1382

waiter1382

night watcha1400

scout-watcha1400

looker-out1562

night-watcher1569

watcher1572

scout1585

bishop1592

speculator1607

lookout1662

speculatory1775

lookout man1787

stagger1859

dog1870

eye1874

1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray v. 211 By their speculatories or scouts, they had certain intelligence of the King's approach.

B. adj.

†1. Of the nature of, pertaining to, occult speculation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to study or practice of occult

speculatory1588

Chaldeanizing1652

Chaldaic1662

Chaldaical1678

Chalday1678

Chaldean1732

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 26 No Opticall, or Speculatorie Theories: no Cabalisticall, or Traditionall Suppositions.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 244 Whether Mythology or Astrology (the poeticall, or the speculatory Fable) serves most, to make one another good, or more significant?

1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) 105 Upon the same Grounds the Art of Speculatory Divination is founded.

†2. Inspectorial. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > characteristic of an investigator

speculatory1634

investigatorial1808

1634 T. Carew Cœlum Britanicum 5 My privileges are an ubiquitary, circumambulatory, speculatory, interrogatory, redargutory immunity over all the privie lodgings.

3. Serving for observation; affording an outlook or view.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [adjective]

prospective1584

specular1671

speculative1709

gazy1745

speculatory1781

scenic1784

sightly1828

panoramic1855

rear view1911

1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire (1783) 58 Both these [Roman camps] were nothing more than speculatory outposts to the Akeman-street.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 99 Another small fort..is generally supposed to have been a speculatory station to the grand camp of Buckland.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. ii. 285 Extreme Left; sitting on the topmost benches, as if aloft on its speculatory Height or Mountain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	speculatory
释义	speculatoryn.adj. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -orie. Etymology: < Latin speculātōrius: see speculate v. and -ory suffix¹. In sense A. 1 from the Latin feminine speculātōria (sc. ars): Compare French spéculatoire.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeculatory. Now rare. A. n. †1. The observation or study of occult phenomena. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > study of speculatory1569 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 52 b Out of the same fundation commeth Speculatorie, which doth enterprete thunder, lightning, and other impressions of the Elementes. 1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) 99 Among the Arts therefore of Fortune-telling vulgarly professed in hope of gain, are Physiognomy,..Soothsaying, Speculatory, and Interpretation of Dreams. †2. A place of observation. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > place of observation speculatory1619 observatory1878 observation platform1890 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 14 Appearing to our eye on the superficies of this terrestriall speculatorie. †3. = speculator n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher or look-out showerOE tootera1382 waiter1382 night watcha1400 scout-watcha1400 looker-out1562 night-watcher1569 watcher1572 scout1585 bishop1592 speculator1607 lookout1662 speculatory1775 lookout man1787 stagger1859 dog1870 eye1874 1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray v. 211 By their speculatories or scouts, they had certain intelligence of the King's approach. B. adj. †1. Of the nature of, pertaining to, occult speculation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to study or practice of occult speculatory1588 Chaldeanizing1652 Chaldaic1662 Chaldaical1678 Chalday1678 Chaldean1732 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 26 No Opticall, or Speculatorie Theories: no Cabalisticall, or Traditionall Suppositions. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 244 Whether Mythology or Astrology (the poeticall, or the speculatory Fable) serves most, to make one another good, or more significant? 1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) 105 Upon the same Grounds the Art of Speculatory Divination is founded. †2. Inspectorial. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > characteristic of an investigator speculatory1634 investigatorial1808 1634 T. Carew Cœlum Britanicum 5 My privileges are an ubiquitary, circumambulatory, speculatory, interrogatory, redargutory immunity over all the privie lodgings. 3. Serving for observation; affording an outlook or view. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [adjective] prospective1584 specular1671 speculative1709 gazy1745 speculatory1781 scenic1784 sightly1828 panoramic1855 rear view1911 1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire (1783) 58 Both these [Roman camps] were nothing more than speculatory outposts to the Akeman-street. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 99 Another small fort..is generally supposed to have been a speculatory station to the grand camp of Buckland. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. ii. 285 Extreme Left; sitting on the topmost benches, as if aloft on its speculatory Height or Mountain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1569
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