Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A method of divination by meal or flour, practised by the ancients.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divination by means of flour.
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- noun
divination usingflour or flour-related products such asdough orcakes andfortune cookies
Etymologies
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From aleuro- (“wheat flour”) + -mancy (“divination”)
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Examples
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In a previous post I introduced you to the idea of divination by cheese (tyromancy) - and now I bring to you the alternative idea of aleuromancy (or alphitomancy) - or divination by bread (or a bread-like material).
The Old Foodie 2009
lampbane commented on the word aleuromancy
Divination using flour; also refers to fortune cookies.
December 1, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word aleuromancy
the study of "how the cookie crumbles?"
August 24, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word aleuromancy
See also crithomancy.
January 30, 2010