aeromancy

== English == === Alternative forms === aeromancie, æromancy, (obsolete) aëromancy, aeromanty, eromancy, heromancy (Early Modern) === Etymology === From aero- +‎ -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros, “air”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/ === Noun === aeromancy (uncountable) 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 ==== ==== Translations ====