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astragalomancy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos) + -mancy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Any form of divination by dice.
  2. (uncountable) Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked.
  3. (uncountable) Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book.

Synonyms

dice divination · astragyromancy

Translations (2)

pl astragalomancja (divination by dice made from huckle-bones) · bg гадаене със зарове (simply divination by dice)