aleuromancy
English
editEtymology
editFrom aleuro- (“wheat flour”) + -mancy (“divination”).
Noun
editaleuromancy (uncountable)
- divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
Translations
editdivination using flour
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References
edit- "By Alentomancy, mixing the Flower of Wheat with Oatmeal." -- Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv, Urquhart tr. Rabelais, 1660
- "Messages, enclosed in balls of dough, become prophetic of the future. This method, known as aleuromancy, is still in use among the Chinese." -- Treasury of Witchcraft xii, H.E. Wedeck, 1961