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myomancy

noun

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”); myo- + -mancy.

  1. derived from μῦς — “mouse”

Definitions

  1. Divination by interpreting rats or mice. Their cries were believed to indicate the…

    Divination by interpreting rats or mice. Their cries were believed to indicate the presence of evil.

    • Pliny has a chapter on myomancy, or soothsaying by means of rats and mince, (Nat. Hist., lib. ix. c. 57).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for myomancy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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