Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haruspicy

/həˈɹʌspɪsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: harus-picy
IPA: /həˈɹʌspɪsi/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Different kinds of divination, which have passed for sciences, we have had: […] 6. Haruspicy, by inspecting the bowels of animals. […]"
"That our fates should be made dependent upon the stars, planets, and constellations, however preposterous a conceit, at least imparts a dignity to our nature by conjoining earth with Heaven: but that the doom of kings, empires, and individuals, should be regulated […] by the entrails of victims, as analysed by the butchers of Haruspicy […] is an evidence of stupid credulity that levels civilised man to the savage […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *ǵʰerH-, haruspicium

Usage

Inflected Forms

haruspicies (plural) aruspicy (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

haruspex

Synonyms

extispicy

Questions

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

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