genethliacal

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.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , I.2.4.vii:
      I may say the same of these genethliacal studies: what is astrology but vain elections, predictions?
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