Definitions
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- n. divination using shoulder bones
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Divination by means of a shoulder-blade: same as omoplatoscopy.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The oddest of all has to be 'scapulimancy': seeing into the future by means of the cracks in shoulder blades.
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Reading bones has so many forms that it comes under many names: scapulimancy, omoplatoscopy, slinneanachd, oracle bones, etc.
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Other sets of synonyms include, in addition to the aforementioned haruspicy and haruspication: caloptromancy and enoptromancy; spodomancy and tephramancy (or tephromancy); alectryomancy and alectoromancy; astromancy and sideromancy; crystallomancy and gastromancy; hieromancy and hieroscopy; necromancy and sciomancy; ornithomancy and orniscopy; and scapulimancy and omoplatoscopy.
fbharjo commented on the word scapulimancy
how-to shoulder
August 24, 2009
reesetee commented on the word scapulimancy
They didn't have TV back then. What was a diviner to do on a boring Saturday night?
March 4, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word scapulimancy
Heavens.
Someone ought to consider making a list of "Specific Fortune-Telling" words. How bizarre!
March 4, 2007
trivet commented on the word scapulimancy
divination using shoulder blades
February 26, 2007