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aeromancy

noun
/ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/

Etymology

From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy.

  1. derived from āeromantia
  2. derived from aerimancie,aeromance,ayromancie
  3. derived from aermancie
  4. inherited from aeremance,aermancye,aaeromancye

Definitions

  1. Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.

    • "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620
    • "Have you a mind, quoth Her Trippa, to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..aeromancy, whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation..?" -- Works of Rabelais III, 1951

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA