genethliacal

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English

Etymology

From genethliac +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dʒɛnɪθˈlʌɪəkəl/

Adjective

genethliacal (comparative more genethliacal, superlative most genethliacal)

  1. (archaic) Genethliac; relating to the casting of horoscopes based on one's birth.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , I.2.4.vii:
      I may say the same of these genethliacal studies: what is astrology but vain elections, predictions?