oneiromantic

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, oneiro- +‎ -mantic.

Adjective

oneiromantic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to oneiromancy.
    • 1834, Evliya Efendi, translated by Ritter Joseph von Hammer, Narrative Of Travels In Europe, Asia, And Africa, in the Seventeenth Century‎[1]:
      The Sheikh Katib Salah-ud-dín, from Angora, a second Pythagoras in astronomy, who left many oneiromantic treatises and dissertations on inspiration (mulheme).
    • 1918, Katherine Taylor Craig, The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern‎[2]:
      The art of Geomancy, recommended by Raphael, a popular oneiromantic authority, is extensively practiced by the Chinese. In figuring the dreams after this system the results prove mysteriously correct.
    • 1999, Jean-Marie Husser, Dreams and Dream Narratives in the Biblical World‎[3]:
      Here we would seem to be dealing with a oneiromantic practice which consists in placing a statue of the divinity on a ‘couch’ or ‘bed’ while his ‘seer’ lies down and sleeps […]
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