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Word: astrampsychus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...with curds of blood." John Ruskin has a serpent nightmare: "It rose up like a Cobra-with horrible round eyes and had woman's, or at least Medusa's, breasts. [It] fastened on my neck." The origins of tabloid astrology can be traced to the predictions of Astrampsychus (circa A.D. 350): "Gladness of mind shows that you will live abroad"; and Napoleon 's Book of Fate (circa 1860): "For a young woman to dream that she is embraced by a gorilla means that she will have one of the handsomest and wisest men for a suitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bedtime Stories | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

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