† tyromancyn.

Forms: Also tiromancy.

Etymology: < French tyromantie (Rabelais), < Greek τῡρός cheese: see -mancy comb. form.

Obsolete.

Divination by means of cheese.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by cheese

tyromancy1652

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Tyromancy [printed Typomancy], [divining] by the coagulation of cheese.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tiromantie.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 To have the truth..more fully..disclosed..by..Tyromancy, whereof we make some Proof in a great Brehemont Cheese.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tyromancy
释义	† tyromancyn. Forms: Also tiromancy. Etymology: < French tyromantie (Rabelais), < Greek τῡρός cheese: see -mancy comb. form. Obsolete. Divination by means of cheese. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by cheese tyromancy1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Tyromancy [printed Typomancy], [divining] by the coagulation of cheese. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tiromantie. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 To have the truth..more fully..disclosed..by..Tyromancy, whereof we make some Proof in a great Brehemont Cheese. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1652
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