-mancercomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. astromancer n.

Forms: late Middle English -mauncer, late Middle English– -mancer.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nigromancer n.

Etymology: < -mancer (in nigromancer n.).Formations on the model of words in -mancy comb. form are found from the late Middle English period onwards, as geomancer n., hydromancer n., aeromancer n., pyromancer n. For later formations on the same pattern compare astromancer n., magastromancer n., oneiromancer n., etc.

Forming agent nouns with the sense ‘someone who divines (by specific means or in a specific way)’; corresponding to nouns in -mancy comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-mancer
释义	-mancercomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. astromancer n. Forms: late Middle English -mauncer, late Middle English– -mancer. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nigromancer n. Etymology: < -mancer (in nigromancer n.).Formations on the model of words in -mancy comb. form are found from the late Middle English period onwards, as geomancer n., hydromancer n., aeromancer n., pyromancer n. For later formations on the same pattern compare astromancer n., magastromancer n., oneiromancer n., etc. Forming agent nouns with the sense ‘someone who divines (by specific means or in a specific way)’; corresponding to nouns in -mancy comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < comb. form
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