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cephaleonomancy
improp. form for cephaˈlonoˌmancy.
[f. cephalo- + Gr. ὄνο-ς ass + µαντεία divination.]
= cephalomancy (in cephalo-): see quot.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165 Cephaleonomancy, [pretending to divine] by broyling of an Asses head. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. (1814) III. 28 Cephaleonomancy, or the art of divination by an ass's head, is a species of art magic which still flourishes in England. |