“pedomancy”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pedomancy

释义

ˈpedomancy nonce-wd.
[Hybrid f. pedo- for pedi- foot + Gr. -µαντεια -mancy.]
A jocular term of Gabriel Harvey's for divination by the soles of the feet: taken by some later authors seriously.
1592G. Harvey Pierce's Super. (1593) 132 Pedomancie [is] fitter for such Coniurers, then either Chiromancie, or Necromancie, or any Familiar Spirite, but contempt.1652Gaule Magastrom. 165. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Pedomancy, a kind of divination by the lines of the sole of the feet.1709Pedimancy [see -mancy].1883N. Brit. Advert. 19 May 5/5 Pedomancy, or divination by the soles of the feet, may also in these times become as interesting and useful a study [as palmistry].

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