英语词汇nostradamus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Nostradamus. The Centuries of Nostradamus, a book of rhymed prophecies, was published in 1555. The French doctor and astrologer gained a reputation as a seer when some of his predictions came true and as a result he won an appointment as personal physician to Charles IX. His real name was Michel de Nostredame, and his book, divided into centuries, was drawn from the whole body of medieval prophetic literature. Nostrad- amus was 63 when he died in 1566. The papal court condemned his prophecies in 1781, but they have enjoyed wide attention since on a number of occasions, one generation or another ap- plying them to contemporary situations. Detractors claim that the prophecies are so ambiguously worded that they could mean anything, and when Nostradamus is used for a seer or prophet it is generally employed in a contemptuous sense. See mother shipton.

词汇	nostradamus
词源	Nostradamus. The Centuries of Nostradamus, a book of rhymed prophecies, was published in 1555. The French doctor and astrologer gained a reputation as a seer when some of his predictions came true and as a result he won an appointment as personal physician to Charles IX. His real name was Michel de Nostredame, and his book, divided into centuries, was drawn from the whole body of medieval prophetic literature. Nostrad- amus was 63 when he died in 1566. The papal court condemned his prophecies in 1781, but they have enjoyed wide attention since on a number of occasions, one generation or another ap- plying them to contemporary situations. Detractors claim that the prophecies are so ambiguously worded that they could mean anything, and when Nostradamus is used for a seer or prophet it is generally employed in a contemptuous sense. See mother shipton.
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