See Also: iwis(dictionary)

horoscope (iou) and iwis (iou)


horoscope (iou)



horoscope noun & verb. OE.
[In early use from Latin horoscopus from Greek horoskopos nativity, horoscope, etc., from hora time, hour + skopos observer (cf. SCOPE noun1); later from Old & mod. French.]
A. noun. An observation of the sky and the configuration of the planets at a particular moment, esp. at a person's birth; a diagram showing such a configuration of the planets; a prediction of a person's future based on this. Formerly also spec., the ascendant. OE.
R. Davies Request for my birth date and hour, as he would..cast my horoscope.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Cast the horoscope of (a person). rare. E17.
horoscoper noun (now rare) an astrologer M16.
horo'scopic adjective M19.
horo'scopical adjective L18.
ho'roscopy noun the casting of horoscopes M17.

iwis (iou)



iwis adjective, noun, & adverb. Long arch. Also ywis.

A. adjective. Certain. Only in OE.
B. noun. Certainty: in mid iwis [MID preposition1.], with certainty, certainly. OE-ME.
C. adverb. Certainly, assuredly, indeed, truly. ME.
? In later use freq. written I wis and taken erron. as = I wot (I know), as if from WIT verb: see also WIS verb2