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单词 cephaleonomancy
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cephaleonomancyn.

Forms: improp. form for cephaˈlonoˌmancy.
Etymology: < cephalo- comb. form + Greek ὄνος ass + μαντεία divination.
= cephalomancy n. at cephalo- comb. form 2: see quot. 1652.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination through animals > [noun] > by an ass's head
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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 165 Cephaleonomancy, [pretending to divine] by brayling of an Asses head.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. lvi. 57 Cephaleonomancy, or the art of divination by an ass's head, is a species of art magic which still flourishes in England.
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