alectryomancy

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)

1. 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 [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652

Translations

form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird pecking at grain

• Portuguese: alectromancia f
• Spanish: alectomancia (es) f

References

• “alectryomancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• alectyromancy