alectryomancy
[ə'lektərəu,mænsi]
- n. 雄鸡占卜(将谷料撒在雄鸡周围的字母上，根据其啄食顺序把字母联起来)
英文词源
- alectryomancy (n.)
- "divination by means of a cock and grains of corn," 1680s, from Latinized form of Greek alektryon "cock" + manteia "oracle" (see -mancy). The first element is literally "warder-off, fighter," related to alexein "to ward off, drive or keep off" (see Alexander, and compare Alekto, name of one of the three Furies). Perhaps originally a personal name, applied at first to the fighting cock, then to cocks generally.