alectryomancy
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds pecking at grain…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.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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.
"Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -maFrom Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia.
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedalectryomancer
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable