geomancy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A method of divination using earth or the ground, such as interpreting markings on the ground or how handfuls of dirt land when tossed. uncountable,usually
    — 1660 Urquhart tr. Rabelais Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv. Hard by here, in the Brown-wheat-Island, dwelleth Her Trippa; you know how by the Arts of Astrology, Geomancy, Chiromancy, Metopomancy, and others of a like stuff and nature, he foretelleth all things to come...
  2. feng shui; Chinese geomancy. uncountable,usually
    — geomancy [...] The pretended art of divining future events, or of ascertaining the luckiness or unluckiness of any event or locality, by means of signs connected with the earth [...] or, as in China, from the configuration and aspect of a particular region in its relation to some other.

词形变化

geomancies plural geomancie alternative,Early,Modern

词汇关系

相关词
Chinese geomancy geomance geomancer geomant geomantic geomantically

词源

From Middle English geomancie, from Medieval Latin geomantia from late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía). Equivalent to geo- + -mancy.
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