† extispiciousadj.

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s extispitious.

Etymology: < Latin extispicium the function of an extispex n. + -ous suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Of or pertaining to inspection of entrails for the purpose of divination.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [adjective]

haruspicine1591

bowel-prying1600

extispicious1646

haruspical1652

haruspicate1652

haruspicinal1652

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 44 Thus hath he [Satan] deluded many Nations in his Auguriall and Extispicious inventions.

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	extispicious
释义	† extispiciousadj. Forms: Also 1600s–1700s extispitious. Etymology: < Latin extispicium the function of an extispex n. + -ous suffix. Obsolete. rare. Of or pertaining to inspection of entrails for the purpose of divination. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by entrails, haruspicy > [adjective] haruspicine1591 bowel-prying1600 extispicious1646 haruspical1652 haruspicate1652 haruspicinal1652 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 44 Thus hath he [Satan] deluded many Nations in his Auguriall and Extispicious inventions. View more context for this quotation 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1646
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