Etymology

tyromancy

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Today it means: divination by studying the coagulation of cheese Full definition →

Ancient Greek τυρός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτυρός“cheese”
  2. English todaytyromancy

From tyro- + -mancy; ultimately from Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”).

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