coscinomancy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Divination by the use of a suspended sieve sometimes from tongs or shears. The movement of the sieve when a person's name or word is spoken is interpreted. uncountable
    — 1603 Christopher Heydon A Defence of Ivdiciall Astrolgie And as for Hydromancie, and Choschinomancie, they could vanish as superfluous, as were evident and ridiculous even to the ignorant.

词形变化

choschinomancy alternative choschinomancie alternative coskinomancy alternative koskinomancy alternative cosinomancy alternative coskiomancy alternative cosnomancy alternative coskniomancy alternative coseinomancy alternative

词源

Ancient Greek koskinomantis, "a diviner using a sieve", from koskinon, "a sieve".
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