Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extispicy

/ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tispicy
IPA: /ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.

Uncountable

noun

A specific instance of such divination.

Countable

Example Sentences

"They became experts in what is called extispicy, or the readings of organs of sacrificed animals."
"... to avoid wasting the enormous amounts of carcasses that in Mari, as elsewhere in Mesopotamia, were the products of the frequent killing of animals, almost exclusively sheep, for extispicy and omen taking."
"This image has been interpreted as the performance of “an extispicy on an animal whose flesh the king will later eat.""

Etymology

From Latin extispicium, from extispex (“diviner of entrails”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: extispicium

Usage

Inflected Forms

extispicies (plural)

Synonyms

haruspicy

Questions

How do you pronounce extispicy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/.
What does extispicy mean?: Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
Where does extispicy come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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