alphitomancy
American
[al-fit-uh-man-see]
/ ælˈfɪt əˌmæn si /
noun
Etymology
Origin of alphitomancy
1645–55; < Greek álphito ( n ) barley + -mancy, probably influenced by Greek alphitómantis one who divines from barley meal
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