English Explanatory Dictionary

alectryomancy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

alectryomancy alectoromancy alectyromancy alectormancy alectromanchy alectromancy electromancy

Etymology

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

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