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astragalomancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-tra-ga-lo-man-cy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any form of divination by dice.

Uncountable

noun

Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked.

Uncountable

noun

Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos) + -mancy.

Origin

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Usage

Synonyms

dice divination astragyromancy

Questions

What does astragalomancy mean?
Any form of divination by dice.
Where does astragalomancy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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