Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient method of divination by means of plants, especially by means of the leaves of the sage and fig.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.
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- noun
Divination byplants . A form ofpyromancy in which tree branches and leaves are burnt. Branches ofbrier andvervain were used, the question was etched into the branch. - noun also referred to as tea-leaf reading, or
tasseomancy .
Etymologies
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From botano- + -mancy.
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Examples
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By botanomancy; for the nonce I have some few leaves in reserve.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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By botanomancy; for the nonce I have some few leaves in reserve.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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By botanomancy; for the nonce I have some few leaves in reserve.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
lampbane commented on the word botanomancy
Divination by burning sage or figs.
December 4, 2007