macharomancy

别名

machæromancy machairomancy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year.

    不可数

    1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Macharomancy, by knives or swords […]

词源

From Ancient Greek μαχαίρα (makhaíra, “dagger”) + -mancy.

来源：wiktionary