Etymology

haruspicy

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Today it means: Divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice. Full definition →

Latin haruspicium
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromharuspicium
  2. English todayharuspicy

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

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