单词 | cartomancy |
释义 | cartomancy|ˈkɑːtəʊˌmænsɪ| [f. It. carta in sense ‘playing-card’ + Gr. µαντεία divination.] Divination by playing-cards.
1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 114 Cartomancy, the art of fortune-telling with packs of cards. 1886Newscastle Weekly Chron. 29 May 3/1 It is said that the earliest work on cartomancy was written or compiled by Francesco Marcolini, and printed at Venice, in 1540..Cartomancy was very fashionable in England during the eighteenth century. Numbers of young ladies used to consult the cards to know whom, when, and where they would marry. |

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