| 单词 |
alectoromancy |
| 释义 |
alectoromancy|əˈlɛktərəʊˌmænsɪ| Also 7–8 alectromancy. [f. Gr. ἀλέκτωρ cock + µαντεία divination.] A variant of alectryomancy.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 165 Alectromancy [divining] by cocks or pullen. 1731Bailey, Alectoromancy, an ancient divination, in which they made use of a cock in discovering secret and unknown transactions of future events. 1758Ann. Reg. 275/2 The mysteries of chyromancy, alectromanchy and catoptromanchy. 1847in Craig. |

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