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haruspicy

[huh-ruhs-puh-see]

noun

divination by a haruspex.

Also, ha·rus·pi·ca·tion

[huh-ruhs-pi-key-shuhn] .

Origin:
1560–70; < Latin haruspicium, equivalent to haruspic- (stem of haruspex) + -ium -ium

Related forms

ha·rus·pi·cal

[huh-ruhs-pi-kuhl] , adjective

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haruspex (həˈrʌspɛks)

—n , pl haruspices
	(in ancient Rome) a priest who practised divination, esp by examining the entrails of animals

[C16: from Latin, probably from hīra gut + specere to look]

haruspical

—*adj*

haruspicy

—n

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