“gyromancy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

gyromancy

释义

gyromancy|ˈdʒaɪərəmænsɪ|
[a. med.L. *gȳromantīa, f. Gr. γῦρο-ς circle, circuit + µαντεία divination. Cf. F. gyromancie (Rabelais giromantie).]
A mode of divination said to have been practised by walking in a circle till the person fell down from dizziness, the inferences being drawn from the place in the circle at which he fell.
1557North Gueuara's Diall Pr. 5 b, All the kyndes of gyromancye, and chiromancye.a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxv, Have you a mind..to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you..by giromancy, if thou shouldst turn round circles, thou mightest assure thyself from me, that they would fall always on the wrong side.1855Smedley Occult Sci. 334 Gyromancy was performed by going round continually in a circle, the circumference of which was marked by letters.

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