aleuromancy

English

Etymology

From aleuro- (“wheat flour”) +‎ -mancy (“divination”).

Noun

aleuromancy (uncountable)

divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies

Translations

divination using flour

French: aleuromancie (fr)
Portuguese: aleuromancia f

References

"By Alentomancy, mixing the Flower of Wheat with Oatmeal." -- Gargantua & Pantagruel iii. xxv, Urquhart tr. Rabelais, 1660
"Messages, enclosed in balls of dough, become prophetic of the future. This method, known as aleuromancy, is still in use among the Chinese." -- Treasury of Witchcraft xii, H.E. Wedeck, 1961

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