anthracomancy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Divination by studying burning coals uncountable
    — Around the vestry were tripods for anthracomancy, skulls for necromancy, mirrors for enoptromancy, or perhaps for putting on stage makeup.

词源

From anthraco- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
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