genethliacal

English

Etymology

From genethliac +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɛnɪθˈlʌɪəkəl/

Adjective

genethliacal (comparative more genethliacal, superlative most genethliacal)

1. (archaic) Genethliac; relating to the casting of horoscopes based on one's birth.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , I.2.4.vii:

     I may say the same of these genethliacal studies: what is astrology but vain elections, predictions?