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Etymology

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From aleuro- (wheat flour) +‎ -mancy (divination).

Noun

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aleuromancy (uncountable)

  1. divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies

Translations

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References

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  • "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