austromancy

English

Etymology

From Latin auster (“south wind”); austro- +‎ -mancy.

Noun

austromancy (uncountable)

1. Soothsaying or divination from observing the winds or clouds.

Hypernyms

• aeromancy

Related terms

• anemoscopy
• nephomancy

References

• “austromancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.