extispicy

发音

/ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/

词形变化

extispicies 复数 extispicies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.

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  2. 2.

    A specific instance of such divination.

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词源

From Latin extispicium, from extispex (“diviner of entrails”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

来源：wiktionary