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aeromancy

noun /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/

  1. Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.

    uncountable

    "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620

Where it comes from

From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry aeromancy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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