astroscope
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An old astronomical instrument formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
noun
An astrological chart.
Example Sentences
- "The astroscope is the invention of Willliam Shuckhard, formerly professor of mathematics at Tubingen, who published a treatise expressly on it in 1698."
- "Amid all his exacting toil with "Mural arch Or zenith sector, or the quadrant's limb," with telescope and astroscope, with planetarium, with lunarium and orrery, calculating the reciprocal attraction and repulsion among the heavenly bodies, it is not surprising that he could get his orrery and Orra White a good deal mixed up, not, finding attraction without repulsion among earthly bodies, that he should get confused by conflicting facts and turn to his assistant for an explanation of this puzzling phenomena."
- "There is also a collection of "Penny Arcade" features, such as mutoscopes, cailoscopes, astroscopes, and a "life-size Esmeralda Fortune Teller.""
- "An advertisement on the last page stated that the 'astroscope' was made by the optician James Mann, while the 'astronomical instrument' was made by Thomas Heath."
- "You can also construct your astroscope on a wheel, just as professional astrologers do."
- "I've been around, you know, talking to a lot of people. Hearing tsismis and confidences, analyses and off-the-record stuff. Reading astroscopes, getting the pulse."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English astroscope From astro- + -scope.