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单词 astragalomancy
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astragalomancyn.

/əˈstraɡələʊˌmansi/
Etymology: Formed as astragaloid adj. + -mancy comb. form; compare Greek ἀστραγαλόμαντις.
Divination by means of dice or huckle-bones.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination from bones > [noun] > by dice or huckle bones
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1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια xxiii. 178 I shall omit to speak here of Astragalomancy, that was done with Huckle bones.
1652 in J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 207 Amply disclosed unto you by..Astragalomancy.
1853 Encycl. Brit. III. 780/2 Astragalomancy..was practised in a temple of Hercules in Achaia.
1962 C. L. Wrenn in Davis & Wrenn Eng. & Med. Studies 312 Pauly–Wissowa..also treats of astragalomancy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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