different between anemoscopy vs aeromancy

English

Etymology

anemo- +? -scopy

Noun

anemoscopy (uncountable)

1. Divination by use of the wind including its direction and intensity.

Hypernyms

• aeromancy
• austromancy

English

Alternative forms

• Early Modern English: aeromancie, æromancy, aëromancy, aeromanty, eromancy, heromancy
• Forms containing "ë" are now obsolete.

Etymology

aero- +? -mancy, from Ancient Greek ????? (aéros, “air”) and ??????? (manteía, “prophecy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.??.mæn.si/

Noun

aeromancy (uncountable)

1. Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
   • "heromancy" -- OED, 1546

     "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620

   • "Have you a mind, quoth Her Trippa, to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..aeromancy, whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation..?" -- Works of Rabelais III, 1951

Related terms

• austromancy
• anemoscopy
• nephomancy
• ceraunoscopy
• chaomancy
• cometomancy
• meteoromancy

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