Running through the
Grandiloquent Dictionary, I came across
ailuromancy - divination by studying a cat's jump.
Thus begins the Word Box: a writer's toolkit for unusual words that just beg to be included in a story.
Today's theme? Strange divinations. (Note that all of these are brought to you by Grandiloquent.)
aeromancy -( )
Divination using the air
ailuromancy -( )
Divination by studying a cat's jump
alectryomancy -( )
Magic using corn
aleuromancy -( )
Divination using flour
alphitomancy -( )
Divination using barley meal
ambulomancy -( )
Divination by walking
anthomancy -( )
Divination using flowers
anthracomancy -( )
Divination using burning coals
anthropomancy -( )
Magic or divination using people, or foretelling the future using the entrails of a sacrificed person
armomancy -( )
Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals
astragalomancy -( )
Divination using dice
augury -( )
Divination using bird's flight
austromancy -( )
Divination using the wind
bibliomancy - ( )
Divination using books or Bible passages
botanomancy - ( )
Divination using plants
brontomancy - ( )
Divination by or magic involving thunder
catoptomancy - ( )
Divination using a mirror or several mirrors
catoptromancy - ( )
Divination based on how a face appears when viewed in a mirror underwater
ceneromancy - ( )
Divination using ashes
cephalomancy - ( )
Divination by boiling a head, usually that of a donkey
ceraunomancy - ( )
Divination by or magic using thunderbolts
cleidomancy - ( )
Divination using a key
cleromancy - ( )
Divination involving dice
conchomancy - ( )
Divination using shells
crithomancy - ( )
Divination by spreading flour or dough over a sacrificed animal
cromnyomancy - ( )
Magic or divination using an onion
capnomancy - ( )
Divination by smoke
dririmancy - ( )
Divination by dripping blood
demonomancy - ( )
Divination by demons
extispicy - ( )
Divination using entrails
enoptromancy - ( )
Divination using a mirror
gastromancy - ( )
Divination using a crystal ball
geloscopy - ( )
Divination involving laughter
graptomancy - ( )
Divination using hand writing
gyromancy - ( )
Divination involving walking in a circle until you fall down
halomancy - ( )
Divination or magic using salt
haruspication - ( )
Divination using entrails
hieromancy - ( )
Divination using entrails
hematomancy - ( )
Divination using blood
hippomancy - ( )
Divination by horses, or by the neighing of horses
hydromancy - ( )
Divination by water of magic involving water
hypnomancy - ( )
Divination by hypnosis
On Wednesday, we'll continue the list of unusual divinations. Is anyone else disturbed by the number of words for "divination by entrails"?
THIS IS MY FAVORITE DICTIONARY, I SHOUT IN ALL CAPS INTO THE COMMENT BOX!!
ReplyDelete