alectryomancy
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English
Alternative forms
- alectoromancy
- alectyromancy
- alectormancy (rare)
- alectromanchy (rare)
- alectromancy (showing elision)
- electromancy
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancy.
Noun
alectryomancy (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 or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
Translations
form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain
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References
- “alectryomancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.