rhabdomancy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹæb.dəˌmæn.si/    美 /ˈɹæb.dəˌmæn.si/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Divination with wands or rods, especially to use a divining rod to find things below the ground. uncountable
    — This question of buried treasure exercised the minds of ancient occultists considerably, and in connection with it there was frequently employed the art of Rhabdomancy, which was similar to that of water divining or water "dousing".

词源

From rhabdo- + -mancy, first attested in 1646. From Latin rhabdomantīa, from Ancient Greek ῥαβδομαντεία (rhabdomanteía), from ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
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