extispicious

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extispicious - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Extispicious \Ex`ti*spi"cious\, a. [L. extispicium an inspection
     of the inwards for divination; extra the entrails + specer to
     look at.]
     Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.
     [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]