sortilege
/ˈsɔːtɪlɪdʒ
/noun [mass noun] chiefly historical
The practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection.Some descriptions made technology assessment sound like blustery sortilege; others made it out to be a highly systematic and methodical process, with strict rules and procedures, tools and models.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium 'sorcery', from Latin sortilegus 'sorcerer', from Latin sors, sort- 'lot, chance' + legere 'choose'.
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- galactitol
- galactoboureko
- galactocele
- galactocentric
- galactomannan
- galactonic acid
- galactophore
- galactophorous
- galactophorous duct
- galactopoetic
- galactopoiesis
- galactopoietic
- galactorrhoea
- galactosaemia
- galactosaemic
- galactosamine
- galactose
- galactosemia
- galactosemic
- galactosidase
- galactoside