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theomancy(dictionary)

caterwaul (oh) and theomancy (medicine)


caterwaul (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: cat + waul 'to cry out' (15-20 centuries) (from the sound)]
to make a loud high unpleasant noise like the sound a cat makes
-- caterwauling n [U]
::the sound of drunken caterwauling coming from next door

theomancy (medicine)


theomancy


A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.

Origin: Gr. A god + -mancy: cf. F. Theomancie, Gr. A spirit of prophecy.

Source: Websters Dictionary