Haruspices

See also: haruspices

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haʁʊˈspitseːs/

Noun

Haruspices

  1. plural of Haruspex
    • 1954, Heinrich Böll, Haus ohne Hüter:
      Fleißig, sauber, emsig, mit nicht zu viel, nicht zu wenig Leidenschaft webten sie am Gobelin der Kultur: flinkhändige Schwindler, die, wenn sie sich trafen, einander zulächelten wie Haruspices.
      Diligently, cleanly, assiduously, with neither too much nor too little passion they wove the tapestry of culture: nimble-handed swindlers, who, whenever they met, smiled to each other like haruspices.
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