What does extispicious mean?
Extispicious means (rare) Pertaining to divination by examining entrails.
Extispicious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Extispicious is an adjective meaning (rare) Pertaining to divination by examining entrails.
Meaning
(rare) Pertaining to divination by examining entrails.
Example Sentences
Spider had even laughed out loud when Guy chipped in with one of his obscure jokes. 'Given the amount of offal he got through, one might say that he was extispicious.'
Thus hath he deluded many Nations in his Auguriall and Extiſpicious inventions, from caſuall and uncontrived contingences divining events ſucceeding. Which Tuſcan ſuperſtition ſeaſing upon Rome hath ſince poſſeſſed all Europe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include divinatory, exsiccotic, exorcistical, exophagous, exorcisory, exorcistic.
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How do you use extispicious in a sentence?
Spider had even laughed out loud when Guy chipped in with one of his obscure jokes. 'Given the amount of offal he got through, one might say that he was extispicious.'
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