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单词 alphitomancy
释义

alphitomancy

[ al-fit-uh-man-see ]
/ ælˈfɪt əˌmæn si /

noun

the use of barley meal as a means of divination.

Origin of alphitomancy

1645–55; <Greek álphito(n) barley + -mancy, probably influenced by Greek alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal

Words nearby alphitomancy

alpha test, alpha-tocopherol, alphavirus, alpha wave, Alpheus, alphitomancy, Alphonse and Gaston, Alphonso, Alphonsus, alphorn, alphosis
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Example sentences from the Web for alphitomancy

  • By alphitomancy, cried up by Theocritus in his Pharmaceutria.

    Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
  • The expression which I should have employed was alphitomancy, a divination "by meal, flower, or branne."

    The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
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