Etymology

extispicy

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Today it means: Synonym of haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. Full definition →

Latin extispicium
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromextispicium
  2. English todayextispicy

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

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