macharomancy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Divination by interpreting swords, daggers and knives. This was popular in Scotland where on July 31st it was performed to predict the deaths and marriages of the following year. uncountable
    — 1652, Gaule The Magastromancer xix. Macharomancy, by knives or swords […]

词形变化

machæromancy alternative machairomancy alternative

词源

From Ancient Greek μαχαίρα (makhaíra, “dagger”) + -mancy.
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