Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceraunoscopy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cer-aunoscopy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics."
"In this valuable work, treating of the Natural Theology, Cosmogony, and Ceraunoscopy of the Etruscans, the author refutes many of the opinions of Brucker."
"Ceraunoscopy uses patterns of lightning during a thunderstorm as a form of divination."
"Most important for the present survey and also the most convincing part of Weinstock’s analysis are the fundamental and pervasive connections he highlights between Etruscan ceraunoscopy, and Greek and Babylonian astrology/astronomy, especially planetary theory."

Etymology

From cerauno- + -scopy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cerauno
Suffix: scopy

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

ceraunomancy brontomancy brontoscopy

Questions

What does ceraunoscopy mean?: Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning.
Where does ceraunoscopy come from?: From cerauno- + -scopy.

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