aeromancy

See also: aëromancy

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeə.ɹə.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

Translations

divination by use of atmospheric conditions

• French: aéromancie (fr)
• Georgian: აერომანტია (ka) (aeromanṭia)
• German: Aeromantie (de) f
• Italian: aeromanzia
• Latin: aeromantia
• Middle English: aermacye, aeromance, aeromancye, aeromauncie, aerymancie
• Polish: aeromancja (pl) f
• Portuguese: aeromancia f
• Spanish: aeromancia (es) f