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an ancient form of divination, using a rooster to select grains of food placed on letters of the alphabet.
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Alectryomancy
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
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alectryomancy
"divination by means of a cock and grains of corn," 1650s, from Gk. alektryon "cock" + manteia "oracle." The first element is lit. "warder-off, fighter," related to alexein "to ward off, drive or keep off" (see Alexander).
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