alectryomancy

n. 雄鸡占卜(将谷料撒在雄鸡周围的字母上, 根据其啄食顺序把字母联起来)

词形变化

alectormancy

别名

alectoromancy alectyromancy alectormancy alectromanchy alectromancy electromancy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.

    不可数

    "Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652

词源

From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia.

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