margaritomancy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Divination by pearls.

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    1931 Lock tr. de Givry Picture Museum of Sorcery Very curious was margaritomancy, or divination by a pearl. "The pearl is to be enchanted," says de l'Ancre, "and shut in a pot; then if it chance that the name of the thief be pronounced the pearl will leap, striking against the pot."

词源

Latin margarita (“pearl”).

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